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Quiz about Its All in Your Mind
Quiz about Its All in Your Mind

It's All in Your Mind Trivia Quiz


There are many songs in musicals that are based in imagined, dreamed, or remembered moments. See how many of these you can identify!

A multiple-choice quiz by merylfederman. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
316,065
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. In the musical "Ragtime", one of the male characters sings a song in which he remembers the first time he met his fiancee Sarah. The song "Sarah Brown Eyes" shows a somewhat reluctant Sarah falling in love with this male character through the power of his piano playing. Which character is this? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. This song, "Fantasies Come True," shows one roommate, Nick, "admitting" his love for Rod, his roommate. However, it is actually just a dream of Rod's, as revealed towards the end of the song. What show includes this song and its corresponding characters? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. In this show, one song shows a young dancer imagining a fantasy childhood. Her parents hate each other and find that her birth didn't save their marriage like it was supposed to - so as a child she invents a dashing, romantic figure of a father, who would ask her to dance. What show-business-themed musical features this song "At the Ballet," and the character Maggie in question? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. This wondrously bizarre and oddly epic song, "Golden Helmet of Mambrino", shows the main character mistaking a shaving basin for the ancient relic, the "golden helmet" which will make anyone who wears it impervious to all injury. Which legendary literary and theatrical character makes this mistake? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. In this musical, a lower-class woman becomes very angry at an upper-class man who is trying to elevate her through the power of proper speech. She becomes so angry, in fact, that she fantasizes about having him die in many gruesome ways (including drowning and execution) and being happy about it, in a song called "Just You Wait". Name the musical. Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. In "Les Miserables", Cosette lives with the Thenardiers for several years while her mother works in the city, sending money to provide for her. The Thenardiers work Cosette like a slave, causing her to sing this heartbreaking song about her fantasy world where no one is mean, loud, or bossy to her. Name the song. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. The song "Betrayed" in this musical shows a main character, Max Bialystock, speed-remembering the entire plot of the musical up to that point, to hilarious effect. He also has a mini-mad scene where he imagines his childhood as a hillbilly named "Alvin". When he remembers that he is not named Alvin and he is in fact from the Bronx, he snaps back to reality. Name the musical. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. In the musical "The Secret Garden", Archibald Craven often fantasizes about his past with his late wife - her ghost is featured in "I Heard Someone Crying," "A Girl in the Valley," and "How Could I Ever Know". What character is this, who has such a grip on the poor man? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. The musical "1776" shows the many members of the Continental Congress arguing over whether to consider independence for the colonies. It is very hot, but opening the windows lets in flies. One member of the Congress becomes so frustrated with the slow pace of things he imagines that he is talking to his wife, whom he considers a sight saner than the rest of the Congress. Who is this frustrated protagonist of "1776"? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. This bizarrely macabre song from "Oklahoma!" fantasizes about the death of the show's villain. Curly, the protagonist, tells the villain what people would think of him should he kill himself. What's freakier is that the show's villain joins in the song and the fantasy, hoping for the fantasy of people weeping for him and caring for him. Name the song. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In the musical "Ragtime", one of the male characters sings a song in which he remembers the first time he met his fiancee Sarah. The song "Sarah Brown Eyes" shows a somewhat reluctant Sarah falling in love with this male character through the power of his piano playing. Which character is this?

Answer: Coalhouse Walker Jr.

Coalhouse Walker Jr is the black piano player whose songs capture Sarah's heart. They become engaged after Coalhouse finds her living in New Rochelle with their son, and after many trials and troubles, Coalhouse reminisces about how he first met Sarah.
2. This song, "Fantasies Come True," shows one roommate, Nick, "admitting" his love for Rod, his roommate. However, it is actually just a dream of Rod's, as revealed towards the end of the song. What show includes this song and its corresponding characters?

Answer: Avenue Q

"Fantasies Come True" shows a turning point, as the buttoned-up Rod finally shows that he is gay, which has been suspected for much of the show. The realization that he was only dreaming upsets him so much that he invents a Canadian "girlfriend" to prove that he is straight.
3. In this show, one song shows a young dancer imagining a fantasy childhood. Her parents hate each other and find that her birth didn't save their marriage like it was supposed to - so as a child she invents a dashing, romantic figure of a father, who would ask her to dance. What show-business-themed musical features this song "At the Ballet," and the character Maggie in question?

Answer: A Chorus Line

"A Chorus Line"'s trio "At the Ballet" features three women who had used dance to escape unpleasant family situations - one had a father who cheated on her mother, one was relentlessly made to realize how "different" she was, and the third, Maggie, came from a broken home and parents who weren't "for or against" anything - "except each other".
4. This wondrously bizarre and oddly epic song, "Golden Helmet of Mambrino", shows the main character mistaking a shaving basin for the ancient relic, the "golden helmet" which will make anyone who wears it impervious to all injury. Which legendary literary and theatrical character makes this mistake?

Answer: Don Quixote

Don Quixote, from the musical "Man of La Mancha", sings this song (along with the entire ensemble) when he steals a shaving basin from a barber, mistakenly thinking it will be a valuable weapon in his fight (against windmills and the like).
5. In this musical, a lower-class woman becomes very angry at an upper-class man who is trying to elevate her through the power of proper speech. She becomes so angry, in fact, that she fantasizes about having him die in many gruesome ways (including drowning and execution) and being happy about it, in a song called "Just You Wait". Name the musical.

Answer: My Fair Lady

"My Fair Lady" features the "flower girl" Eliza Doolittle, who agrees to have Professor Henry Higgins teach her how to speak with a proper aristocratic accent. He is hardly the nicest teacher, however, and Eliza rebels against him almost every moment until she masters the proper way of speaking.
6. In "Les Miserables", Cosette lives with the Thenardiers for several years while her mother works in the city, sending money to provide for her. The Thenardiers work Cosette like a slave, causing her to sing this heartbreaking song about her fantasy world where no one is mean, loud, or bossy to her. Name the song.

Answer: Castle on a Cloud

Cosette's "Castle on a Cloud" outlines what Cosette dreams about in a family, place to live, and friendship. Jean Valjean soon rescues her from her horrible situation after Fantine, Cosette's mother, leaves Cosette to him on her deathbed.
7. The song "Betrayed" in this musical shows a main character, Max Bialystock, speed-remembering the entire plot of the musical up to that point, to hilarious effect. He also has a mini-mad scene where he imagines his childhood as a hillbilly named "Alvin". When he remembers that he is not named Alvin and he is in fact from the Bronx, he snaps back to reality. Name the musical.

Answer: The Producers

"The Producers" shows Max, in prison, lamenting the fact that his partner Leo betrayed him by making a clean getaway and letting Max take the fall himself. He tries to recall how this could happen, and does a mini-synopsis of the show (including the intermission - oh the meta!). When he remembers himself as a boy named "Alvin" he laments that "Leo's taken everything, even my past!"
8. In the musical "The Secret Garden", Archibald Craven often fantasizes about his past with his late wife - her ghost is featured in "I Heard Someone Crying," "A Girl in the Valley," and "How Could I Ever Know". What character is this, who has such a grip on the poor man?

Answer: Lily

Lily is a dominant character in this musical, despite being dead for about ten years. Archibald still is devoted to her, and has never connected to another person before or since his wife - he has never even talked with his own son, now ten years old.

In fact, Mary, Archibald's niece, is so troubling to Archibald mostly because of her resemblance to Lily, both physically and in spirit. Archibald and his brother Neville sing the song "Lily's Eyes," which outlines the resemblance and just how unsettling they find it.
9. The musical "1776" shows the many members of the Continental Congress arguing over whether to consider independence for the colonies. It is very hot, but opening the windows lets in flies. One member of the Congress becomes so frustrated with the slow pace of things he imagines that he is talking to his wife, whom he considers a sight saner than the rest of the Congress. Who is this frustrated protagonist of "1776"?

Answer: John Adams

John Adams, a proponent of independence, is the protagonist of "1776", and it is by his efforts (according to the play) that the Declaration is written and passed by the Congress. He often reverts to his "happy place" talking to his wife, which is based on his very active letter correspondence with her during the historical Continental Congress.
10. This bizarrely macabre song from "Oklahoma!" fantasizes about the death of the show's villain. Curly, the protagonist, tells the villain what people would think of him should he kill himself. What's freakier is that the show's villain joins in the song and the fantasy, hoping for the fantasy of people weeping for him and caring for him. Name the song.

Answer: Poor Jud is Dead

Jud Fry, social outcast, becomes more and more marginalized throughout the musical, and this song is the one time that he gets to think about how people might love and care about him. Curly satirizes how people might treat the dead body ("it's a shame that he won't keep/But it's summer and we're running out of ice", for example) and is clearly dismissing Jud. What a nice good guy!
Source: Author merylfederman

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