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WorksheetsOur Town by Thornton Wilder Quiz
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 22mins
What does the time capsule represent?
Humans want to be remembered and want their life to live on and be remembered forever.
Cycle of human conditions
Represents their daily life
Shows how the characters in our town interact with each other
What does the moon represent?
phases of human condition, connectivity among characters
shows the weather of our town
represents the dead’s thoughts towards the living
shows how the weather symbolizes the characters attitudes in the play
What does the title represent?
How this town is similar to other towns.
shows how the events and theme are universal
The Title implies that- Grover’s Corner is a small, relatable, understanding town
all of the above
What does the heliotrope represent?
shows how relatable the town is
the heliotrope is used in act I to represent the unusual but pleasant interactions between the characters
shows what happens to the dead when they don’t appreciate their lives
shows how the weather affects the characters
What do the stars represent?
the stars are used continually to represent the people of the town. Even though the stars die, there will still be other stars, like when people die in the town, there will be more people.
The stars represent the cycle of life.
how the living impacts the dead (scene at the cemetery)
two answers
What does the time jump from the wedding to the funeral represent?
to show how quickly life goes
to show that in the middle stages of their lives nothing happened
shows how unimportant Emily’s wedding was
shows George’s thoughts about the wedding
What does the minimal setting and props represent?
shows how uneventful the play is
shows how poor wilder was
helps generalize the town to better fit more towns in America
shows the genre of the play through the props
What was the importance of Blessed Be the Tie in each act?
The song showed the importance of a connected community and it celebrates the connections
the song shown in each act acts as a plot diagram structure
represents the characters actions and thoughts
The structure of the play is split in phases of the moon
True
False
The milkman represents a constant routine
False
True
The structure of the play was split in life stages (birth through death)
True
False
What does the moon represent?
Shows how Emily feels after revisiting her past
Show cycles through childhood to adulthood and finally to death
Human condition
2 answers
It is painful to relive the past because you know what is going to happen
True
False
What does Howie Newsome being replaced by his brother represent?
The stage after death
The town's innocence
the town's loss of innocence
The "boring" lives of the characters show you should forget everything "boring" and only remember the important events
True
False
"[People] are sort of shut up in little boxes" (Wilder 96).
People have a limited perspective and stay in their own comfort zones
People need to appreciate their lives because it will be gone soon
Always trust yourself when it comes to decision making
"My- wasn't life awful and wonderful" (Wilder 93).
This quotes represents how you shouldn't make mistakes in life
True
False
The "boring" lives of the characters are impactful because even though Emily's life is quite boring, she would give anything to have it back.
True
False
The quote, “the morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go,- doesn’t it?” means life is only seen at the last moment, when it is already too late (Wilder 4).
True
False
Which quote best shows that you have to appreciate life while you are living it?
“You’ve got to love life to have life, and you’ve got to have life to love life”
“my- wasn't life awful and wonderful”
“The morning star always gets wonderful bright the minute before it has to go,- doesn’t it?”
In the quote, “Stimson, that ain’t the whole truth and you know it. Emily, look at that star. I forget its name," Mrs. Gibbs is trying not to dwell on the past and distract Emily from Stimson’s harsh words (Wilder 109)
True
False
The quote, “good-bye to clocks ticking...and Mam’s sunflowers. And food and coffee. And new-ironed dresses and hot baths," means that the little things in life are also big and need to be appreciated (Wilder 108).
True
False
The quote, “live people don’t understand, do they?" means that live people are affected daily by death and their worries (Wilder 96).
True
False
The quote, “good-bye to clocks ticking...and Mam’s sunflowers. And food and coffee. And new-ironed dresses and hot baths," shows how Emily feels about the dead after she comes back from her visit (Wilder 108).
True
False
The quote, "But, just for a moment now we’re all together. Mama, just for a moment we’re happy. Let’s look at one another,” shows when Emily realized that she wasted her life looking at the past (Wilder 107).
True
False
The quote, "live people don’t understand, do they?” means alive people do not understand how sacred and precious life is (Wilder 96).
True
False
“And my boy, Joel, who knew the stars- he used to say it took millions of years for that speck o’ light to git to the earth” (Wilder 110). In this quote, the stars represent...
The people of Grover's Corners and people in general.
When a star dies, similar to humans, it's light still lives on for many years.
It takes a long time for the light to burn out, just as it takes a long time for a person's impact to be forgotten
All of the above
The quote, "But, just for a moment now we’re all together. Mama, just for a moment we’re happy. Let’s look at one another,” shows when Emily is trying to one day appreciate all of the things she took for granted, like her parents (Wilder 107).
True
False
The POV is 3rd person limited
True
False
stage manager tone -has a morbid yet hopeful tone
True
False
Stage manager tone: speaks with insecurity and has a excited tone
True
False
The POV is 3rd person omniscient (everyone's feelings are told by the stage manager)
True
False
What is the climax in the play?
Emily, already dead, realizing how she should have appreciated her life
Emily and George's wedding
Emily meeting George for the first time
Emily and George regretting their wedding the moment before
Stage manager speaks with- speaks with uncertainty and has a rude behavior
True
False
What is the rising action in the play?
Their daily life and George and Emily’s romantic conversations
George and Emily’s wedding
Emily’s death by childbirth
2 answers
Stage manager speaks with- authority and politeness
True
False
Type of conflict
Man vs. Self
Man vs. Man
Man vs. Nature
Man vs. Supernatural
Choose the best theme for the play
remember the moments of your life
Appreciate the "ordinary" in life
Try your best at all times
In Emily's visit back, she realizes she failed to live in the moment and should have enjoyed the joys of small everyday life moments
True
False
The theme in Our Town is we live life without appreciating what it has to offer, and when we do realize what we had, it is too late
True
False
The theme is: try not to appreciate the small things in life since they won’t be remembered
True
False
What is the falling action?
Emily and George's wedding
Emily and George get nervous before their wedding
Emily returns to her grave from her visit to her 12th birthday
None of the above
The resolution is
None of these
Mrs. Gibbs realizes how foolish Emily is
happens when Emily and George get married
when Emily realizes humans in general don't appreciate life
In Emily's visit back she realizes she should not have taken advantage of her marriage
True
False
