Top Girls Quizzes

Top Girls Quiz 1

By B.C. Parris · Edited by A. Boghani · Last reviewed August 10, 2013

1 What company staged the first production of Top Girls?

Royal Theater Company

Bright Stage Company

Rich Theater Productions

London Women's Theater Group
2 In what city was Top Girls first performed?

Paris

London

Berlin

New York
3 Which prime minister inspired Caryl Churchill to write Top Girls?

John Major

Tony Blair

Margaret Thatcher

Ronald Reagan
4 Who is the central character of the play?

Angie

Marlene

Joyce

Pope Joan
5 Which character suffered from a spinal tumor?

Dull Gret

Pope Joan

Lady Nijo

Isabella Bird
6 Which character was a courtesan?

Dull Gret

Lady Nijo

Isabella Bird

Griselda
7 Which character was in a painting by Brueghel?

Lady Nijo

Dull Gret

Isabella Bird

Griselda
8 Which character is based on a tale by Chaucer?

Pope Joan

Griselda

Isabella Bird

Dull Gret
9 How many Acts are in Top Girls?

4

2

3

5
10 What is the setting of the first Act of Top Girls?

Joyce's Kitchen

A dinner party at a London restaurant

Joyce's Backyard

The Agency
11 What is Marlene’s career?

Director of a Theater

Doctor at a Hospital

Manager at an employment agency

Lawyer at a London firm
12 What kind of wine does Marlene order at the opening of the play?

Montepulciano

Muscat

Frascati

Pint Noir
13 Which guest is the first to arrive at Marlene's dinner party?

Pope Joan

Isabella Bird

Lady Nijo

Dull Gret
14 Who is Isabella Bird’s sister?

Fannie

Hennie

Jennie

Ellie
15 Who is the second guest to arrive at Marlene's dinner party?

Pope Joan

Lady Nijo

Dull Gret

Isabella Bird
16 Isabella says she once met the Emperor of what nation?

Morocco

Tunisia

Ethiopia

Egypt
17 Who is the third guest to arrive at Marlene's dinner party?

Dull Gret

Isabella Bird

Lady Nijo

Griselda
18 Who is the fourth guest to arrive at Marlene's dinner party?

Isabella Bird

Pope Joan

Griselda

Lady Nijo
19 Which guest arrives late to Marlene's dinner party and goes unnoticed at first?

Pope Joan

Griselda

Marlene

Lady Nijo
20 Which ancient Greek philosopher’s doctrine of forms does Joan mention?

Heraclitus

Plato

Aristotle

Empedocles
21 What are Nijo’s robes made of?

Bamboo

Cotton

Silk

Felt
22 How many children does Njio have?

6

0

4

2
23 Who is Nijo’s priest lover?

Shinto

Ito

Yuki

Ariake
24 Who tells Nijo she doesn’t have the right to wear thin robes?

The Shogun

The Emperor

The High Priest

The Empress
25 For how many years does Njio walk through Japan?

10

6

20

14

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