WorksheetsThe Truman Show
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 5mins
Truman's surname is...
Burbank
Banks
Burbon
Burnham
Truman's wife's name is...
Marlys
Merle
Meryl
Marlene
Truman's best friend ...
Marlon
Merlin
Morlon
Melon
The name of the director of the TV show is ...
Chris
Christopher
Christof
Christmas
The town Truman lives in ...
Seahaven
See Heaven
Sheheavin
Seaheavin
What things have kept Truman stuck on Seahaven?
Deliberate obstruction, played out by the actors
Manufactured phobias (i.e. his fear of water)
His dependency on painkillers and counselling
Needing to care for his mother
What caused Truman's fear of water?
Nearly drowning as a kid
His feelings of guilt at being "responsible" for his father's drowning
He once rode his bike off a pier and into a sunken rowboat
A Super-Soaker accident
What is the location of the dome that contains Seahaven?
Hollywood
Near the Great Wall of China
The Moon
Huapai
Which one is NOT a method Truman tries to escape Seahaven?
Car
Bus
Train
Plane
Boat
What is the actual name of the woman Truman is in love with?
Sylvia
Lauren
Meryl
Garlan
Some people have been diagnosed as suffering from the "Truman Show Delusion". This is a psychological condition in which....
the patient believes that s/he is being filmed, and that the films are being broadcast for the entertainment of others
the patient believes s/he can't leave town
the patient believes everyone is always watching them
the patient believes the "The Truman Show" is the best movie ever made and watches it constantly
The director of The Truman Show the film, is named...
Peter Weir
Steven Spielberg
Sofia Coppola
Wes Anderson
The Truman Show is a comment on ...
consumerism
how "the media" invades our privacy
peoples' willingness to accept the image of the world they are presented with
how easily our understanding the world can be manipulated by the people around us
All of these
Here are some things that The Truman Show predicted. Which one doesn't fit?
People will be famous despite doing just boring mundane stuff.
Digital surveillance will everywhere.
The media will stage fake events as though they are real
There will be reality shows where you can watch people live their lives, 24/7
During the introduction to his interview, the interviewer mentions that he knows "how jealously [he] guards [his] privacy. This is really ...
Ironic
Hyperbolic
Symbolic
Irrelevant
Meryl's complaint sounds kind of weird. Why? (more than one answer)
She's complaining about her employment conditions, not her marriage
Because Marlon behaved very professionally
Because Truman isn't actually working, so he can't be professional
Her expectation that Truman stay docile and dumb is unrealistic
