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Quiz about The Mysticism of Almost Maine
Quiz about The Mysticism of Almost Maine

The Mysticism of "Almost, Maine" Quiz


Going from Off Broadway flop in 2006 to one of the most performed community theater production in ten years, John Cariani's "Almost, Maine" is as unique as its success story. Plots thoroughly revealed throughout the quiz, so beware.

A multiple-choice quiz by Spaudrey. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
Spaudrey
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
403,352
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
127
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Question 1 of 10
1. After an unresolved introduction which will get to later in this quiz, we find Glory in the countryside of Maine waiting for the northern lights in the yard of Easton. What broken item does East discover Glory is carrying in a bag with her wherever she goes? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. In the second vignette, we find Jimmy tossing back a beer in the local bar when his ex, Sandrine, walks by. He awkwardly convinces her to stay at his table and catch up, where he finds out his ex is engaged to be married that weekend. What is the name of the bar that Jimmy and Sandrine are at? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. In the same second vignette in "Almost, Maine", we find that Jimmy has gone out of his social zone and gotten a tattoo on his forearm. What does the tattoo say? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Hereditary sensory neuropathy type IV surrounds the plot line of the two characters in the third scene, Marvalyn and Steve. Their scene takes place in an apartment laundry room and the plotline is exposed when Marvalyn accidentally whacks Steve in the head with an ironing board. What is the end result of Steve's injury? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Lendall gets woken up in the late evening by Gayle knocking at the door in Scene Four. She insists that she wants his love back. This confuses Lendall until Gayle goes to the car and brings bags and bags of stuff which she deems to be the love he got her. After much prodding, Lendall brings all the love out to the living room. What specifically does he bring her? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. The audience comes back from intermission to see one of the people we saw in the introduction. Nothing is said, and we all move on to scene five. Chad and Randy come in from outside in the midst of an argument. It appears both are trying to outdo each other in their argument by achieving what over the other? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Scene six finds a couple, Phil and Marci, outside near a frozen pond that the couple enjoyed with a little ice skating. But this couple doesn't seem to have the best relationship as a fight brews and boils over between the two of them. What happens to signify the end of the fight? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Scene Seven brings us out in the countryside where Hope is in search of a long lost boyfriend. She comes to the house where he proposed, and she said she would have to think about it overnight. A significant but undisclosed time later, she has come back to answer. But what happens when she knocks on the door? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. In the final substantial scene we are met with Dave and Rhonda coming home after a night in Almost, Rhonda has an edge to her, and Dave can't seem to out-testosterone Rhonda. Dave confesses that he has a gift for Rhonda, a painting. The audience is left to guess what the painting is of, as Rhonda can't figure it out. What is the painting unveiled to be at the very end of the scene? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. And so the end of "Almost, Maine" arrives and we are left with the unresolved introduction of the first couple we saw at the beginning of the play. The couple had a disagreement on the park bench about how close they were to each other. The guy makes the argument that if you look at it from the opposite perspective of the sphere of the earth, they aren't close at all, in fact they're as far apart as they could be. What did the woman do that is resolved at the very end of the play? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. After an unresolved introduction which will get to later in this quiz, we find Glory in the countryside of Maine waiting for the northern lights in the yard of Easton. What broken item does East discover Glory is carrying in a bag with her wherever she goes?

Answer: Her heart

While it sounds disgusting, we find it isn't. When her heart was broken by a previous lover, it had turned into slate according to her. Easton (the town calls him East) is pretty handy so he offers to fix it, being that he is instantly smitten with her.

The playwright has updated this scene in later editions of the script to allow for repeated hugs to occur instead of kisses, as during the time this play started gaining national traction, the #MeToo movement gained traction as well, and some looked at the scene as unwanted sexual advances. Having been part of the original and having seen the update in a performance, I get the reasons, but I think it takes something out of the mystical intent.
2. In the second vignette, we find Jimmy tossing back a beer in the local bar when his ex, Sandrine, walks by. He awkwardly convinces her to stay at his table and catch up, where he finds out his ex is engaged to be married that weekend. What is the name of the bar that Jimmy and Sandrine are at?

Answer: The Moose Paddy

The Moose Paddy is the hub of entertainment in the small town of Almost, Maine. Sandrine is actually at her bachelorette party in a backroom with friends. Jimmy doesn't strike anyone as a real catch; he does run a heating a cooling business, so he does make a decent living, but his social life doesn't wow anyone when he describes it to Sandrine.
3. In the same second vignette in "Almost, Maine", we find that Jimmy has gone out of his social zone and gotten a tattoo on his forearm. What does the tattoo say?

Answer: Villian

Yes, it is spelled VILLIAN, where he meant to spell it VILLAIN. Just another sad aspect to his life. But things look to improve at the end when his waitress, seeing that Jimmy is downtrodden, says the special that night is drink free if you're sad, and just ask for Villian if he wants another beer.

His realization at his new found good fortune makes us realize that it's going to end up all right for him.
4. Hereditary sensory neuropathy type IV surrounds the plot line of the two characters in the third scene, Marvalyn and Steve. Their scene takes place in an apartment laundry room and the plotline is exposed when Marvalyn accidentally whacks Steve in the head with an ironing board. What is the end result of Steve's injury?

Answer: No effect, Steve can't feel pain

Also known as congenital analgesia, hereditary sensory neuropathy type IV means the body can't feel pain. Steve has a brother Paul, who suggested Steve make a notebook full of things that can hurt you, so Steve has to determine whether the ironing board should be added. We find out that Marvalyn has a boyfriend Eric, but things are rocky, so her opinion of things that hurt you lean toward emotional conflicts.

But the combination of revelations by the two of them bring Steve and Marvalyn closer together in the end.
5. Lendall gets woken up in the late evening by Gayle knocking at the door in Scene Four. She insists that she wants his love back. This confuses Lendall until Gayle goes to the car and brings bags and bags of stuff which she deems to be the love he got her. After much prodding, Lendall brings all the love out to the living room. What specifically does he bring her?

Answer: An engagement ring

Eleven years was how long Gayle and Lendall had been going steady, and Gayle had enough wasting her life with what seemed to be going nowhere. But Lendall's dad suggested he get a ring, it's time. This leads to a long awaited engagement, and a happy ending to lead people into intermission.
6. The audience comes back from intermission to see one of the people we saw in the introduction. Nothing is said, and we all move on to scene five. Chad and Randy come in from outside in the midst of an argument. It appears both are trying to outdo each other in their argument by achieving what over the other?

Answer: Who had the worst date that night

After each of them got done prematurely with their dates for the night, they met up for beers at Chad's house and describe their fiascos on their respective rendezvous (one didn't make it out of the driveway, one brought their date to the emergency room).

But things get awkward between the two of them when one says he likes the other's company more than he does the female dates he has trouble with. And their friendship "falls" apart by the end of the night. The playwright has in new editions of the play offered a female version of this scene as well.
7. Scene six finds a couple, Phil and Marci, outside near a frozen pond that the couple enjoyed with a little ice skating. But this couple doesn't seem to have the best relationship as a fight brews and boils over between the two of them. What happens to signify the end of the fight?

Answer: Marci's shoe drops from the sky

The proverbial, and literal, other shoe drops from who knows where, but it makes them realize that their marriage is finished, and Marci leaves him there next to the pond. The issues hinge from typical marital strife, the husband works too much trying to be the provider, the wife wants him to be more present, and things have gone sideways, ending with one of the few times the audience is left with a sense of despair.
8. Scene Seven brings us out in the countryside where Hope is in search of a long lost boyfriend. She comes to the house where he proposed, and she said she would have to think about it overnight. A significant but undisclosed time later, she has come back to answer. But what happens when she knocks on the door?

Answer: It appears someone else is living in the house

She goes on to talk to a complete stranger at the door about her reasons for not answering and just leaving the state of Maine, leaving her boyfriend hanging, and the man at the door comes back with what the consequences for her boyfriend would be with that act.

After she gets ready to leave, he reveals that he actually is Daniel, the former boyfriend, who because he lost a lot of "hope", shrunk into the frail shell of a man that Hope meets at the same doorstep. A second punch to the audience's collective gut, near the end of the scene a third voice, obviously his wife, from off set calls for Daniel. So the wish for this unrequited love goes unfulfilled.
9. In the final substantial scene we are met with Dave and Rhonda coming home after a night in Almost, Rhonda has an edge to her, and Dave can't seem to out-testosterone Rhonda. Dave confesses that he has a gift for Rhonda, a painting. The audience is left to guess what the painting is of, as Rhonda can't figure it out. What is the painting unveiled to be at the very end of the scene?

Answer: A heart

Every cast is given carte blanche as to what the heart ends up looking like, but the playwright does specify it needs to be a heart. Dave reveals to Rhonda, while she is trying to decipher the painting, that he is upset thatm after hanging out for a lengthy amount of time, he hasn't ever been invited inside Rhonda's house. And as the conversation gets a little more intimate, he finally breaks Rhonda's shell, which the entire town informed him would be a tough shell to crack, as Rhonda hasn't ever been in a legitimate relationship before.

But after Rhonda discovers kissing is REALLY fun, things accelerate quickly, and Dave is invited in for perhaps a little more than kissing.
10. And so the end of "Almost, Maine" arrives and we are left with the unresolved introduction of the first couple we saw at the beginning of the play. The couple had a disagreement on the park bench about how close they were to each other. The guy makes the argument that if you look at it from the opposite perspective of the sphere of the earth, they aren't close at all, in fact they're as far apart as they could be. What did the woman do that is resolved at the very end of the play?

Answer: Traveled completely around the world

After the guy uses a snowball to demonstrate the sphericalness of the earth and that it could mean that if you look at it from the long perspective, if you are cuddling close, from the opposite direction you would be the maximum distance from each other. So the gal takes the opportunity to rectify his thought process by exiting the left side of the stage at the beginning of the play and then coming back on the right side just as the guy is ready to give up on her ever coming back.

He is amazed to see her devotion to getting close again and they close in just as it begins to snow. And the audience is left with a resolution they can leave the auditorium happy about.
Source: Author Spaudrey

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