Our Town Act I

The two key Elements of Setting are

• Place and Time

• Characters and Plot

• Antagonist and Protagonist

• Man and self

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What is Mr. Webb's profession?

• Newspaper editor
• Milkman
• Choir director
• Furniture salesman

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What is the play's setting? 

• Grocer's Corners, New Hampshire 
• Grover's Corners, New Hampshire
• Grouch Marx, New Hampshire
• Y'all, it was in Alabama

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What KEY character tells MOST of the story? 

• Dr. Gibbs
• Mr. Webb
• Emily
• Stage Manager

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The play opens on WHAT day? 

• March 16, 1983
• January 17, 1965
• May 7, 1901
• January 1, 1951

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What seems to be the point of the first act?

• To introduce the characters and show them in their ordinary daily lives

• To show contrast between appearance and reality in their lives

• To foreshadow the action of the later acts

• To build suspense for the dramatic conclusion to come

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At the beginning of the play, why has Doc Gibbs been out all night?

• He was up all night drinking

• He was delivering twins in the Polish town

• He was at Miss Foster's house

• He was out looking for the family dog

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Where did Mrs. Gibbs want to go for vacation?

• England

• Rome

• Paris

• Barcelona

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What is the definition of a protagonist?

• The best friend
• The villain
• Someone who likes to play tag
• The "good" guy

The main bad guy in the story; the villain.  (Man vs. man) 

• point of view
• major
• antagonist
• dynamic