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Who's Who- Playwright Projects Test Review

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which writer was known as the "Queen of Crime" and wrote the longest running show in history, which has played at London's West End since 1952?

a)

Agatha Christie

b)

Caryl Churchill

c)

Lauren Gunderson

d)

Suzan Lori-Parks

2.

Which playwright wrote over 80 novels, adapting most of the stageplay and screenplay versions herself?

a)

Agatha Christie

b)

Caryl Churchill

c)

Lauren Gunderson

d)

Suzan Lori-Parks

3.

Which of these is NOT an Agatha Christie work?

a)

Night of the Iguana

b)

The Moustrap

c)

Murder on the Orient Express

d)

And Then There Were None

4.

Which author is known for his works Uncle Vanya and The Cherry Orchard?

a)

Anton Chekhov

b)

George Bernard Shaw

c)

Bertoldt Brecht

d)

Samuel Beckett

5.

Which author is known for his works Pygmalion, Major Barbara, and Man Versus Superman?

a)

Anton Chekhov

b)

George Bernard Shaw

c)

Bertoldt Brecht

d)

Samuel Beckett

6.

Which author is known for his famous works Caucasian Chalk Circle, and the Threepenny Opera, as well as for the style of epic theatre which is named for him?

a)

Anton Chekhov

b)

George Bernard Shaw

c)

Bertoldt Brecht

d)

Samuel Beckett

7.

Which author is known for being a major writer of "absurdist theatre," a style which is intended to leave the reader or audience with as many questions as answers?

a)

Anton Chekhov

b)

George Bernard Shaw

c)

Bertoldt Brecht

d)

Samuel Beckett

8.

Which author (Irish by birth, but wrote mostly in French) is known for his works Waiting for Godot, about two men waiting for a person who never shows up, and Endgame?

a)

Anton Chekhov

b)

George Bernard Shaw

c)

Bertoldt Brecht

d)

Samuel Beckett

9.

The 1913 play Pygmalion was turned into what 1960s musical (along with many other film adaptations) about two men who bet on whether they can raise a woman's social status by training her to be proper?

a)

My Fair Lady

b)

West Side Story

c)

Playboy of the Western World

d)

Helly, Dolly!

10.

Which of these is NOT considered one of the greatest American playwrights?

a)

Arthur Miller

b)

Neil Simon

c)

Tennessee Williams

d)

Oscar Wilde

11.

Which of these playwrights is associated with the works Night of the Iguana, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Glass Menagerie, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?

a)

Arthur Miller

b)

Neil Simon

c)

Tennessee Williams

d)

Oscar Wilde

12.

Which of these playwrights is associated with the works Death of a Salesman, All My Sons, and The Crucible?

a)

Arthur Miller

b)

Neil Simon

c)

Tennessee Williams

d)

Oscar Wilde

13.

Which of these playwrights is associated with the works Barefoot in the Park, Sweet Charity, The Odd Couple and many more?

a)

Arthur Miller

b)

Neil Simon

c)

Tennessee Williams

d)

Oscar Wilde

14.

Which of these playwrights is the only person to ever have one of their plays open in the theatre named after them?

a)

Arthur Miller

b)

Neil Simon

c)

Tennessee Williams

d)

Oscar Wilde

15.

Which of these playwrights is the most nominated and awarded writer (stage, television, and film) in American history?

a)

Arthur Miller

b)

Neil Simon

c)

Tennessee Williams

d)

Oscar Wilde

16.

Which of these playwrights is most associated with The Importance of Being Earnest, a comedy about mixed identities and false representations?

a)

Arthur Miller

b)

Neil Simon

c)

Tennessee Williams

d)

Oscar Wilde

17.

Which of these plays is most associated with August Strindberg?

a)

Miss Julie

b)

Top Girls

c)

The Judas Kiss and Amy's View

d)

All in the Timing (a series of short plays)

18.

Which of these plays is most associated with Caryl Churchill?

a)

Miss Julie

b)

Top Girls

c)

The Judas Kiss and Amy's View

d)

All in the Timing (a series of short plays)

19.

Which of these plays is most associated with David Hare?

a)

Miss Julie

b)

Top Girls

c)

The Judas Kiss and Amy's View

d)

All in the Timing (a series of short plays)

20.

Which of these plays is most associated with David Ives?

a)

Miss Julie

b)

Top Girls

c)

The Judas Kiss and Amy's View

d)

All in the Timing (a series of short plays)

21.

Which of these playwrights is most associated with The Buried Child, as well as many TV and film writing credits?

a)

August Wilson

b)

Sam Shepard

c)

Horton Foote

d)

Edward Albee

22.

Which of these playwrights grew up in a biracial family and is associated with writing Fences and The Pittsburgh Cycle, which focus on life for African Americans in different periods of history?

a)

August Wilson

b)

Sam Shepard

c)

Horton Foote

d)

Edward Albee

23.

Which of these playwrights is associated with writing The Young Man From Atlanta, about a Houston family dealing with the death of their son?

a)

August Wilson

b)

Sam Shepard

c)

Horton Foote

d)

Edward Albee

24.

Which of these playwrights is associated with writing Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

a)

August Wilson

b)

Sam Shepard

c)

Horton Foote

d)

Edward Albee

25.

Which playwright is mostly associated with writing Clybourne Park, a play inspired by and serving almost a sequel to A Raisin in the Sun?

a)

Bruce Norris

b)

David Henry Hwang

c)

John Patrick Shanley

d)

Noel Coward

26.

Which playwright is mostly associated with writing M. Butterfly, in which one of the main characters plays the title character of Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly while serving as a spy? (he's also secretly a dude!)

a)

Bruce Norris

b)

David Henry Hwang

c)

Noel Coward

d)

Tom Stoppard

27.

Which playwright is mostly associated with writing Doubt: A Parable, about self-righteous nun who accuses one the priests in her parrish of innapropriate relations with a young boy? (It was also made into a highly acclaimed movie of similar naming)

a)

Tom Stoppard

b)

David Henry Hwang

c)

John Patrick Shanley

d)

Noel Coward

28.

Which playwright is mostly associated with writing Blithe Spirit and Private Lives (a comedy about two divorcees who end up honeymooning in adjoining rooms, only to find out the still love each other!)?

a)

Bruce Norris

b)

Tom Stoppard

c)

John Patrick Shanley

d)

Noel Coward

29.

Which playwright is mostly associated with writing Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, a spin-off inspired by characters and events from Shakespeare's Hamlet?

a)

Bruce Norris

b)

David Henry Hwang

c)

Noel Coward

d)

Tom Stoppard

30.

Which playwright is mostly associated with writing Our Town, a play described as a metaphysical "play within a play," with the main character being the stage manager?

a)

Thornton Wilder

b)

Lillian Hellman

c)

Yasmina Reza

d)

Henrik Ibsen

31.

This playwright is mostly associated with writing The Little Foxes, a biblical reference to the spoiling of vines, about a woman who struggles for power in a weathy family and ends up with the family's wealth, but loses her family:

a)

Thornton Wilder

b)

Lillian Hellman

c)

Yasmina Reza

d)

Henrik Ibsen

32.

This playwright is mostly associated with writing Art, a play about art and friendship, and what each really means. It was origianlly written in French, but has been translated into many languages:

a)

Thornton Wilder

b)

Lillian Hellman

c)

Yasmina Reza

d)

Henrik Ibsen

33.

This playwright is mostly associated with writing A Doll's House, a Norwegian play about the struggles of a woman wanting to work in a society lacking ways for her to do so. On the 100th anniversary of the playwright's death, it became the most perfromed play in the world:

a)

Thornton Wilder

b)

Lillian Hellman

c)

Yasmina Reza

d)

Henrik Ibsen

34.

This playwright’s personal childhood was channeled into one of his most famous works, The Marriage of Bette and Boo, where a mother and father deal with consistent infertility, miscarriages, and the struggles of alcoholism

a)

Tony Kushner

b)

John Patrick Shanley

c)

David Lindsay-Abaire

d)

Christopher Durang

35.

This playwright is famous for 2 very different pieces: Shrek, The Musical is a loveable children's story and Rabbit Hole is the story of a couple dealing with the loss of a child and the struggle over how to grieve:

a)

Tony Kushner

b)

John Patrick Shanley

c)

David Lindsay-Abaire

d)

Christopher Durang

36.

This playwright is famous for Angels in America, a two part story about the struggles of homesexuals against AIDS and bigotry in 1980's America:

a)

Tony Kushner

b)

John Patrick Shanley

c)

David Lindsay-Abaire

d)

Christopher Durang

37.

What Spanish writer wrote the classic Don Quixote, about a man who dreams of becoming a galiant knight? The story was adapted into the popular musical The Man of La Mancha:

a)

Nilo Cruz

b)

Federico de Lorca

c)

Miguel de Cervantes

d)

Luigi Pirandello

38.

What Hispanic writer is known for Anna in the Tropics, where the story of Anna Karenina is read to workers in a cigar factory, and then begins to become their reality as well?

a)

Nilo Cruz

b)

Federico de Lorca

c)

Miguel de Cervantes

d)

Luigi Pirandello

39.

What Spanish writer is best known for Blood Wedding, about a woman who must choose between marrying for love, or honor and money (and also known for dying at the hands of a firing squad- either because of his homosexuality or for being on the wrong side of a civil war)?

a)

Nilo Cruz

b)

Federico de Lorca

c)

Miguel de Cervantes

d)

Luigi Pirandello

40.

What Nobel Prize winning writer is best known for Six Characters in Search of an Author, where the actors on stage are searching for resolution to their unfinished stories?

a)

Nilo Cruz

b)

Federico de Lorca

c)

Miguel de Cervantes

d)

Luigi Pirandello

41.

This playwright was known for the feminism in her writing, as well as her strong female protagonists in her plays.

a)

Wendy Wasserstein

b)

Suzan-Lori Parks

c)

Agatha Christie

d)

Sarah Ruhl

42.

This modern playwright has made a name for herself writing about real women who changed history, such as Silent Sky, the story of Henrietta Swan Leavitt, a Harvard astronomer in the early 20th century whose discoveries provided the key to measuring the distance between Earth and other galaxies.

a)

Agatha Christie

b)

Caryl Churchill

c)

Lauren Gunderson

d)

Suzan Lori-Parks

43.

This modern playwright is the first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her 2002 play Topdog/ Underdog.

a)

Agatha Christie

b)

Caryl Churchill

c)

Lauren Gunderson

d)

Suzan-Lori Parks

44.

This actor and playwright, known for Tartuffe, collapsed on stage wearing the color green and died hours later, which caused people for many years to conisder it bad luck to have a green costume :

a)

Moliere

b)

de Lorca

c)

Cervantes