Translations Quizzes

Translations Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?

Brian Friel

Sarah Ruhl

John Patrick Shanley

Martin McDonagh
2 When was the play written?

1985

1980

1987

1990
3 In which country does the play take place?

Ireland

America

Scotland

England
4 What is the name of the village in which the play takes place?

New Dunfry

Derry

Baile Beag

Dublin
5 What year was Brian Friel born?

1930

1927

1929

1937
6 In what month does the play take place?

August

October

March

May
7 In what year does the play take place?

1833

1843

1837

1855
8 Which of the following is a Brian Friel play?

The Beauty Queen of Leenane

Proof

Dancing at Lughnasa

The Pillowman
9 Where does the play take place?

At a hedge-school

In a field

On a boat

At a church
10 Who is Hugh's older son?

Owen

Yolland

Doalty

Manus
11 Who is Manus teaching at the beginning of the play?

Doalty

Jimmy

Sarah

Bridget
12 What is he teaching Sarah?

How to speak English

How to translate Latin

Basic math

How to speak
13 What is Jimmy's nickname?

The Drunken Scholar

The Infant Prodigy

Virgil's Drunk Cousin

The Oldest Man in Baile Beag
14 What is Jimmy reading in the first scene?

Homer

Virgil

Sappho

Catullus
15 How old is Jimmy?

In his 50s

In his 30s

In his 40s

In his 60s
16 What passage from Homer does Jimmy read to Manus?

The journey to the Underworld

The moment where Athene turns Ulysses into an old man

Circe

Ulysses and the Cyclops
17 Which woman from mythology does Jimmy not ask Manus to choose between?

Artemis

Helen of Troy

Athene

Aphrodite
18 Who would Jimmy choose?

Helen of Troy

Aphrodite

Athene

Artemis
19 What does Sarah get out from under a patch of straw?

A necklace

A fiddle

Flowers

A book
20 Who does Manus love?

Jean

Mary

Maire

Bridget
21 What is the one English word Jimmy knows?

Love

Breast

Bosom

Always
22 Who are the other students at the hedge-school?

Doalty and Bridget

Bridget and Max

Bernie and Mary

Siobhan and Liam
23 What prank has Doalty been playing on the English soldiers?

Moving their surveyor poles

Stealing their maps

Collapsing their tents in the middle of the night

Stealing their beer
24 Whose baby was christened that morning?

Nellie Ruadh

Sarah

Maire

Bridget
25 What does Jimmy suggest they grow instead of potatoes?

Asparagus

Lettuce

Tomatoes

Corn

Can you quote the line please?

Asked by Des O #1245280

Answered by Aslan on 6/30/2022 3:47 PM

This really depends on what you are analysing. You can check out analysis of themes, symbols and the play itself at the home page for this selection:

https://www.gradesaver.com/translations

Asked by Kirsty H #1205020

Answered by Aslan on 1/12/2022 3:01 AM

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Examine the power of language and power in Friel’s translations?

As the title indicates, the overriding themes of Brian Friel’s Translations are all related to the power of language and the power that comes with controlling language. The play follows the British effort to completely reconstitute the native...

Asked by Kirsty H #1205020

Answered by jill d #170087 on 1/10/2022 4:38 PM

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Translations

by Brian Friel

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