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Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?

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Whos Afraid Of Virginia Woolf game quiz
"One of the most successful plays in the post-Second World War American theatre was definitely Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf". The Burton-Taylor film version still added to that success. How well do you remember the plot?"

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1. What is the real song-line on which Albee's "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?" is inspired?
    Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?
    Who's afraid of the big fat wolf?
    Who's afraid of the howling wolf ?
    Who's afraid of General Wolfe?


2. What's George's job at the University of New Carthage?
    History Lecturer
    Head of the Department of Modern Philosophy
    Head of the Department of English Literature
    Member of the Board of Directors


3. In "Who Is Afraid Of Virginia Woolf" Nick is a __________.
    nuclear physicist
    biologist
    chemist
    mathematician


4. True or false: It's Martha who has invited in Nick and Honey.
    True
    False


5. True or false: It's George's secret ambition to succeed Martha's father as the new Head of the Board of Directors.
    True
    False


6. Nick is interested in Martha because he ____________________.
    sees her as a stepping-stone in his career
    hopes she might become a good friend to his lonely wife
    is genuinely in love with her
    is impressed by her supreme talents as a singer


7. Honey is rather unhappy in her marriage and one of the reasons is that: ________________________.
    she has a handicapped child
    she has broken of several pregnancies without telling Nick
    she has had a stillborn baby
    Nick is not a good father for her children


8. One of the ways in which George and Martha try to escape boredom is by organising "Fun And Games" with their guests. What is the "fun" they enjoy most?
    humiliating each other
    strip-poker
    cardgames
    telling very adult jokes


9. When Martha reveals that George had written an -unpublished- autobiographic novel about a boy who had accidentally killed his father, George hurts Honey by revealing to her that he knows that Nick married her only to solve the problem of her pregnancy. Then Honey slaps Nick. Nick takes revenge by withdrawing in the kitchen and making love to Martha (who is rather disappointed about his performance). How does George respond to Martha's behaviour? While she is with Nick in the kitchen, he ________.
    watches a video
    watches television
    flirts with Honey
    sits and reads a book


10. George now invites Martha to tell about their son. He takes his ultimate revenge by suddenly reminding her of the fact that _________________.
    their son died a long time ago in a car accident
    they have no son and never had one
    their son committed suicide when he was sixteen
    their son is mentally handicapped and has been locked up in an asylum


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