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The Skin of Our Teeth

Created by wordnerd

Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Wilder, Thornton
The Skin of Our Teeth game quiz
"This a quiz about my favorite of Thornton Wilder's plays, "The Skin of Our Teeth". It's also the weirdest play he wrote, but deeply profound. Enjoy!"

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. Which disaster occurs in Act Two of the play?
    A flood
    A fire
    A war
    An ice age


2. In the first act, Henry Antrobus tells his mother that in school that day, a teacher forgot and called him by his old name. What is that name?
    Answer: (One Word)


3. Despite the ice age, Mr. Antrobus is still in the midst of inventing new things in the first act. What new invention does he bring home to his family?
    Binoculars
    Paper
    A wheel
    A light bulb


4. In the end of the first act, Mr. Antrobus brings home some friends. He introduces one of them by saying, "There's the law! There's _____!" Who was he introducing?
    Answer: (One Word)


5. Where does the second act take place?
    New York City
    Philadelphia
    New Orleans
    Atlantic City


6. Mr. Antrobus has the responsibility of choosing the winner of a beauty pageant during the convention. Whom does he choose?
    Sabina
    Gladys
    Mrs. Antrobus
    Dolly


7. The "Skin of Our Teeth" has distinct Biblical overtones. Going from this, who does Mr. Antrobus represent in the second act?
    Adam
    Moses
    Noah
    Abraham


8. In the beginning of the third act, who comes onstage first, looking for the Mrs. Antrobus and Gladys?
    Mr. Antrobus
    Sabina
    Henry
    The Fortune-teller


9. The entire Antrobus family survives the war.
    True
    False


10. Near the end of Act Three, Mr. Antrobus tells Mrs. Antrobus that during the war when he had to keep watch at night, he gave names to every hour of the night. Which was 10 o'clock?
    Plato
    Nietszche
    Spinoza
    The Bible


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