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Quiz about Whos Afraid Of Virginia Woolf
Quiz about Whos Afraid Of Virginia Woolf

Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? 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?

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
flem-ish
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
97,344
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
913
Last 3 plays: Guest 169 (4/10), Guest 157 (8/10), Guest 157 (6/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. What is the real song-line on which Albee's "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?" is inspired? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What's George's job at the University of New Carthage? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. In "Who Is Afraid Of Virginia Woolf" Nick is a __________. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. True or false: It's Martha who has invited in Nick and Honey.


Question 5 of 10
5. True or false: It's George's secret ambition to succeed Martha's father as the new Head of the Board of Directors.


Question 6 of 10
6. Nick is interested in Martha because he ____________________. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Honey is rather unhappy in her marriage and one of the reasons is that: ________________________. Hint


Question 8 of 10
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? Hint


Question 9 of 10
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 When Martha reveals that George had written an -unpublished- autobiographic novel about a boy who had accidentally killed his father, George hurts Honey by revealing to her that he knows that Nick married her only to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 ________. Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. George now invites Martha to tell about their son. He takes his ultimate revenge by suddenly reminding her of the fact that _________________. Hint



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Mar 24 2024 : Guest 169: 4/10
Mar 23 2024 : Guest 157: 8/10
Mar 23 2024 : Guest 157: 6/10
Mar 22 2024 : Guest 24: 0/10
Mar 22 2024 : Guest 117: 8/10
Mar 21 2024 : Guest 103: 6/10
Mar 17 2024 : Guest 169: 8/10
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Mar 13 2024 : Guest 67: 1/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What is the real song-line on which Albee's "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?" is inspired?

Answer: Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?

However formidable an opponent General James Wolfe(1727-1759) may have been to the French at Quebec, he does not occur as a bogeyman in nursery rhymes or in a children's song. "Who's afraid of the big bad wolf" is from a Walt Disney animated-cartoon version of "The Three Little Pigs".
By the way, General Wolf has his statue on top of the same hill as the "Old Greenwich Royal Observatory" in London.
2. What's George's job at the University of New Carthage?

Answer: History Lecturer

Martha's Dad is the Head of the Board of Directors. George has been
"encouraged" to make an administrative career in the same way as his father-in-law, but he is too sceptical about himself, his marriage, and life in general ever to be able to make a real effort.
3. In "Who Is Afraid Of Virginia Woolf" Nick is a __________.

Answer: biologist

For contrast and balance, Albee opposes an alpha-scholar to a beta-scientist. Nick and Honey as a couple are also more matter-of-fact than George and Martha, who are hiding in a complicated maze of games in which they finally lose direction.
4. True or false: It's Martha who has invited in Nick and Honey.

Answer: True

Martha, who is disappointed about George, their marriage, and their inability to have a baby, is trying to divert herself in more than one way. Flirting is one of them, and Nick, being new as a staff member, might be an interesting experience.
5. True or false: It's George's secret ambition to succeed Martha's father as the new Head of the Board of Directors.

Answer: False

He is completely indifferent to such a career, and even to any career in general.
6. Nick is interested in Martha because he ____________________.

Answer: sees her as a stepping-stone in his career

Nick had married Honey because he was under the impression that he had gotten her pregnant. Martha does not interest him too much as a woman, but she might be useful to him as "the daughter of the boss".
All the singing Martha does is her version of "who's afraid of the big bad wolf?"
7. Honey is rather unhappy in her marriage and one of the reasons is that: ________________________.

Answer: she has broken of several pregnancies without telling Nick

What went wrong in Nick's and Honey's marriage is very obvious: there was not any love right from the start. Honey, not having the consolation of a baby, puts her into a similar position as Martha. She, too, tries to cover up her secret, but without the fantasy-world of the more literary couple George and Martha.

In George and Martha's situation there seems to have been some mutual love initially. What brought down their marriage remains open for interpretation. Frustration on both sides?
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?

Answer: humiliating each other

The first stage in their "Fun And Games" is "Humiliating The Host". The second stage is "Get the Guests".
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 ________.

Answer: sits and reads a book

The third stage of "Fun And Games" was "Hurt the Guests". But Nick's reactions to Honey's anger leads all of them astray on a path of relentless agression. While George is trying to ignore Martha's misbehaviour, his rage is brewing. He knows perfectly how to hurt his wife the most viciously: by destroying the illusion of motherhood she has been nurturing until then in spite of her failed marriage.
10. George now invites Martha to tell about their son. He takes his ultimate revenge by suddenly reminding her of the fact that _________________.

Answer: they have no son and never had one

In spite of their continuous bickering, George and Martha had tried to compromise somehow with each other. Privately, George let his wife tell him stories about their non-existent son. But the rule was she never was to do so with other people present.

He now traps her into breaking that rule, and punishes her by announcing that their son has been killed in an accident. This is his indirect way of reminding her of the non-existence of such a son and also implies a message that "games of self-consolation" are over.
Source: Author flem-ish

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