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Quiz about Long Days Journey Into Night
Quiz about Long Days Journey Into Night

Long Day's Journey Into Night Trivia Quiz


Eugene O'Neill wrote one of the greatest American plays. Take this quiz on test your knowledge of his most famous work, "Long Day's Journey Into Night."

A multiple-choice quiz by captainthought. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
224,198
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
654
Last 3 plays: Guest 45 (0/10), Guest 119 (5/10), Guest 103 (10/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. The mother in this play has a bit of a drug problem; which of the following is NOT an excuse she uses for needing the drugs? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What word does Tyrone call his younger son, Edmund, again and again in the play? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What is Edmund actually dying of? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. In spite of their myriad problems, Tyrone was always faithful to his wife.


Question 5 of 10
5. Suppose you could step into this play, and you wanted to anger Tyrone, what could you do? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Jamie, the elder brother, is accused of being all of the following things EXCEPT what? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. To whom did O'Neill dedicate this work? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Eugene O'Neill's real father was an actor and his real mother was a drug addict.


Question 9 of 10
9. What happens in the final scene of the play? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Eugene O'Neill considered turning this play into a musical called "Mad Ghosts."



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. The mother in this play has a bit of a drug problem; which of the following is NOT an excuse she uses for needing the drugs?

Answer: Her husband's unemployment has her feeling blue

She offers a wide spectrum of reasons why she must take her medicine; her son's impending death, her lack of friends, her carousing husband who made her live out of hotels all her life, her regrets about leaving the convent, her father's death, the stupid maid...
2. What word does Tyrone call his younger son, Edmund, again and again in the play?

Answer: morbid

Edmund's poetry is considered morbid by his father; as well as his list of "athiests, fools, and madmen" that Edmund admires; Voltaire, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Swinburne, etc.
3. What is Edmund actually dying of?

Answer: Consumption

But if it wasn't consumption, just being an alcoholic, having a stingy drunk for a dad, a "dope fiend" for a mom, a whore-mongering brother by his side, and a library of bad poetry is bound to get him in the end.
4. In spite of their myriad problems, Tyrone was always faithful to his wife.

Answer: false

He got into a huge embarrassing scandal with a mistress some years back.
5. Suppose you could step into this play, and you wanted to anger Tyrone, what could you do?

Answer: Turn on every light in the house

Tyrone's fear of ending up in the poorhouse, keeps him from using an extra electricity than necessary. The same fear that has him skimp on health care for his family, or for buying a proper home for his wife.
6. Jamie, the elder brother, is accused of being all of the following things EXCEPT what?

Answer: Being too naive

Every conversation in this family is an exchange of accusations, and no one seems blameless. Eugene O'Neill wrote, in a way, to forgive everyone in his own family.
7. To whom did O'Neill dedicate this work?

Answer: Carlotta, his wife

He gave her "this work of old sorrow, written in tears and blood" on July 22, 1941.
8. Eugene O'Neill's real father was an actor and his real mother was a drug addict.

Answer: True

Eugene O'Neill spent most of his childhood in hotel rooms and backstage in theatres.
9. What happens in the final scene of the play?

Answer: Mary comes dowstairs with her wedding dress and thinks she's going to become a nun

She's irrevocably obliviated by the end of the play and not a scrap of hope remains for anyone in the family.
10. Eugene O'Neill considered turning this play into a musical called "Mad Ghosts."

Answer: False

Though "Long Day's Journey Into Night" has been considered for opera, the musicals "New Girl in Town" and "Take Me Along" were both musicals based on O'Neill's work, and that's as close as we can come to humming along.
Source: Author captainthought

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