The Caretaker Quizzes

The Caretaker Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne-Bartucca · Edited by Aaron Suduiko · Last reviewed April 03, 2015

1 What nationality is Pinter?

British

French

American

German
2 Pinter's play is

a comedy

a tragedy

part of the Theatre of the Absurd genre

all of the above
3 The play was first performed in

1950

1959

1955

1960
4 Davies is a

criminal

prisoner

charlatan

tramp
5 Who allows Aston to receive the treatment?

His mother

Mick

Davies

His father
6 The play is considered an example of

the Theatre of the Absurd

Melodrama

Romanticism

Docudrama
7 Pinter is compared to

Beckett

Miller

O'Neill

Mamet
8 The play is most renowned for its

action scenes

language

romance

philosophical underpinnings
9 The play is set in

New York

Chicago

Berlin

London
10 All of the action takes place in

a shop

a cafe

a room

outside
11 Which object best symbolizes Aston?

The bed

The vacuum

The bucket

The Buddha
12 What does Mick break?

A window

The vaccum

The Buddha

A plate
13 What happens at the beginning of the play when Aston and Davies enter the room?

Mick attacks Davies

Mick leaves

Mick stays to talk to Davies

Mick attacks Aston
14 What is Mick and Aston's communication like?

Nonexistent

Mostly nonverbal

Hostile

Very verbal and free
15 Aston tells Davies to leave because

he snores

he is mean

he makes too much noise

he is messy
16 Mick says that Davies claimed to be a/an

interior decorator

carpenter

machinist

painter
17 Mick frightens Davies with the

Buddha

bucket

window

electrolux
18 Davies complains about all of the following except

Greeks

Chinese

Poles

Blacks
19 Davies says he left his wife because she was

unclean

controlling

rude

mean
20 Davies got in a fight with the man at the cafe over

taking out the bucket

clearing tables

taking out the trash

cleaning the counters
21 Davies gets in a fight with the monk over

a hat

pants

a jacket

shoes
22 Davies is a big fan of

leather

suede

fur

velvet
23 What does Aston plan to build?

A house

A shed

A cabinet

A bench
24 Aston says he likes to

go for walks

work with his hands

think

tell stories
25 Davies is concerned that the Blacks

will come try to borrow something

share the lavatory

make too much noise

are violent

Essays for The Caretaker

The Caretaker essays are academic essays for citation. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of The Caretaker by Harold Pinter.

Speaking the Void: The Problem of Language and Communication in Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker

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