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?

London Women's Theater Group

Bright Stage Company

Royal Theater Company

Rich Theater Productions
2 In what city was Top Girls first performed?

New York

London

Berlin

Paris
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?

Pope Joan

Angie

Marlene

Joyce
5 Which character suffered from a spinal tumor?

Dull Gret

Lady Nijo

Pope Joan

Isabella Bird
6 Which character was a courtesan?

Griselda

Isabella Bird

Lady Nijo

Dull Gret
7 Which character was in a painting by Brueghel?

Griselda

Isabella Bird

Dull Gret

Lady Nijo
8 Which character is based on a tale by Chaucer?

Pope Joan

Griselda

Dull Gret

Isabella Bird
9 How many Acts are in Top Girls?

4

5

3

2
10 What is the setting of the first Act of Top Girls?

Joyce's Backyard

A dinner party at a London restaurant

The Agency

Joyce's Kitchen
11 What is Marlene’s career?

Doctor at a Hospital

Manager at an employment agency

Director of a Theater

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

Montepulciano

Muscat

Pint Noir

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

Pope Joan

Lady Nijo

Isabella Bird

Dull Gret
14 Who is Isabella Bird’s sister?

Hennie

Ellie

Fannie

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

Isabella Bird

Dull Gret

Lady Nijo

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

Ethiopia

Morocco

Tunisia

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

Lady Nijo

Isabella Bird

Griselda

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

Pope Joan

Isabella Bird

Lady Nijo

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

Pope Joan

Marlene

Lady Nijo

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

Heraclitus

Plato

Empedocles

Aristotle
21 What are Nijo’s robes made of?

Felt

Cotton

Silk

Bamboo
22 How many children does Njio have?

2

0

6

4
23 Who is Nijo’s priest lover?

Ito

Ariake

Shinto

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

The Shogun

The High Priest

The Empress

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

10

6

20

14

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