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OCG Context

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote OCG?

a)

Timberlake Justin

b)

Timberlake Wertenbaker

c)

Wertenbaker Timberlake

d)

Justin Wertenbaker

2.

When was OCG written?

a)

1780

b)

1890

c)

1999

d)

1988

3.

When is OCG set?

a)

1800

b)

1767

c)

1787

d)

1788

4.

What novel is OCG based upon?

a)

The Playmaker by Thomas Keneally

b)

The Maker by Timothy Green

c)

The Recruiting Officer by George Farquar

5.

What play is performed within OCG?

a)

The Lord of the Flies

b)

The Officer Recruitting

c)

The Recruiting Officer

6.

Where are the convicts bound for in Australia?

a)

Byron Bay

b)

Botany Bay

c)

Brisbane

d)

Watsons Bay

7.

What is the Governor called?

a)

Arthur Phillips

b)

David Phillips

c)

Ketch Freeman

d)

David Collins

8.

What is the name of the Judge?

a)

Arthur Phillips

b)

David Phillips

c)

David Collins

d)

Watkin Tench

9.

What role does Harry Brewer have?

a)

Midshipman

b)

Marine

c)

Captain

d)

Judge

10.

What is the name of the first scene Ralph Clark appears in?

a)

The Loneliness of Men

b)

The Men in the Tent

c)

The Science of Hanging

d)

The Audition

11.

What style(s) of theatre is OCG?

a)

Naturalistic and Historical Dramatisation

b)

Epic

c)

Epic and Realistic

d)

Historical Dramatisation, with Epic Theatre elements and naturalistic characterisations

12.
When did OCG premiere?
a)
1975
b)
1980
c)
1788
d)
1988
13.
Who was the first director of OCG?
a)
Timberlake Wertenbaker
b)
Katie Mitchell
c)
Max Stafford-Clark
d)
Bill Gaskill
14.
In the play who represents William Godwin's philosophy (punishment should serve as a sharp example)?
a)
Watkin Tench
b)
Governor Phillip
c)
Major Ross
d)
Judge David Collins
15.
How long (roughly) did it take to complete the 16,000 mile journey from England to Australia?
a)
2 years
b)
3 months
c)
8 months
d)
1 year, 6 months
16.

Who said 'what interests me... is what it means to be human at the extremes of humanity'?

a)

Governor Phillip

b)

Major Ross

c)

Max Stafford-Clark

d)

Timberlake Wertenbaker

17.

What was the name of the ship that the characters sailed on?

a)

The Sirius

b)

The Friendship

c)

Mary Rose

d)

Titanic

18.

What is aboriginal culture called?

a)

Sleeptime

b)

Snoozetime

c)

Dreamtime

19.

Which prime minister was in power in 1988?

a)

Margaret Thatcher

b)

Tony Blair

c)

Gordon Brown

d)

David Cameron

20.

Who says the line ‘I could tone it down. I could omit ‘We left our country for our country’s good’?

a)

Dabby

b)

Ketch

c)

Tench

d)

Wisehammer

21.

How many Acts are there

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4