WorksheetsFairview by Jackie Siblies Drury
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 38mins
At the end of the play, who does Keisha invite up onto the stage?
The playwright and the director
The black people in the audience
The white people in the audience
The Act Two characters
What is the relationship between Keisha and Beverly?
Keisha is Beverly's sister
Beverly is Keisha's aunt
Keisha is Beverly's daughter
Beverly is Keisha's grandmother.
What action of Keisha's reminds Jasmine and Beverly of their mother?
Singing
Cooking
Yelling
Dancing
What does Suze wish about her relationship with Mabel? (Act 2)
That it could just be accepted as a manifestation of genuine feeling, and not something to be perceived as an act of racist discrimination
That it had become sexual
That it could just be accepted a a manifestation of genuine feeling and not something to be perceived as a "thing"
That it had not happened.
What character rants about life being a movie?
Dayton
Jimbo
Mack
Suze
What game is the center of the conversation between the four non-black characters?
What kind of black person would you be, if you could choose?
What non-white race would you be, if you could choose?
What kind of white person would you be, if you could choose?
What country other than America would you come from, if you could choose?
What are the correlations, or "tethers," between the Act Two characters and characters referenced in Act One?
Suze plays Mama; Bets plays plays Erika; Mack plays Tyrone; Jimbo plays Dayton
Suze and Bets both play Mama; Jimbo plays Tyrone; Mack plays Erika
Suze and Bets both play Erika; Jimbo plays Tyrone; Mack plays Keisha
Suze and Bets both play Mama; Jimbo plays Erika; Mack plays Tyrone
Who are Tyrone and Erika?
Tyrone is Beverly's husband; Erika is Tyrone's sister
Tyrone is Keisha's brother; Erika is Beverly's best friend
Tyrone is Dayton's brother; Erika is Keisha's best friend
Tryone is Beverly's brother; Erika is Keisha's best friend.
What are the chosen races of the three characters introduced in this first section of Act Two who make such choices?
Jimbo would be Native American; Mack would be black; Bets would be Slavic
Jimbo would be Asian; Mack would be Latinx; Bets would be Slavic.
Suze would be Asian; Jimbo would be black; Bets would be Latina
Jimbo would be Latinx; Mack would be Slaviv; Bets would be black.
What snack is Jasmine offered by Dayton?
Cheese with everyday-sounding names
Appetizers with German-sounding names
Cheese with fancy-sounding names.
Cheese and crackers
What is a "cakewalk?"
The Act One characters refer to it as a dance done by black people that may or may not have racist qualities
A dance done by the Act Two characters.
The Act Two characters refer to it as a dance done by black people that may or may not have racist qualities.
A dance done by Beverly's mother.
Which black celebrity is Bets convinced she saw in a film?
Tiger Woods
Jay-Z
Sidney Poitier
O.J. Simpson
What are the differences between the two interpretations of "Mama?"
One is depressed and sullen; the other is nurturing and affectionate.
One is nurturing and affectionate; the other is sensual and showy.
One is sensual and showy; the other is violent and angry.
One is violent and angry; the other is depressed and sullen.
Which characters have a quiet moment together that neither the other characters nor the audience actually hears?
Dayton and Jasmine.
Beverly and Dayton.
Keisha and Beverly.
Jasmine and Keisha.
The dialogue hints at what aspect of Keisha's character?
That she is a liar
That she is a racist
That she is a lesbian
That she is adopted
Which of the four characters introduced in Act Two has a clear sense of the impact of race-based conversations in America?
Keisha
Jimbo
Mack
Bets
Who is Mabel?
The black woman who Suze says made her feel loved
The black woman who Jimbo says made him feel loved
Mack's sister
Beverly's mother.
What is significant about the actions described in ACT II?
They are taking place at the same time as the dialogue between the non-black characters earlier in Act One
They are performed to rap music.
They are taking place at the same time as the dialogue between the non-black characters earlier in Act Two.
They are performed while the the characters sings.
Which character supports Keisha as she tries to work through what is happening?
Beverly
Jimbo(Tyrone)
Suze(Mama)
Dayton
Why does Jimbo say he would not want to be a wealthy black person?
He feels like that would make him a target of greedy family members
He thinks that being wealthy is not an "authentic" black experience.
He is already wealthy, and does not need to know what that feels like.
He thinks that would make him a target of black-on-black violence.
What character becomes uncomfortable as soon as "Mama" appears in Act Three?
Jasmine
Erika
Beverly
Keisha
What goes wrong with Beverly's plans at the climax of Act One?
The birthday cake is not delivered.
The roast chicken burns in the overn.
Mama does not come downstairs
The birthday cake burns in the oven.
What does Keisha urge people of different races to see when looking at themselves and each other?
"A Person Dying"
"A Person Succeeding"
"A Person Trying"
"A Person Failing"
What does Keisha ask Jasmine to do?
Help convince Beverly that it will be all right for Keisha to take some time off before college
Help convince Beverly that it will be all right for Keisha to go to college right after graduation
Help convince Beverly that it will be all right for Keisha to get married.
Help convince Beverly that something is wrong with Dayton.
What happens to the food that the Act One characters bring to the table for dinner?
Beverly keeps it in the kitchen because it's not perfect.
It gradually becomes more bizarre, and starts looking like it's not actual food.
It gets eaten before it gets to the table.
It gradually becomes less and less, until the characters are bringing in empty serving dishes.
Who is Keisha?
Granddaughter of Beverly
Mother of Beverly
Dad of Beverly
Daughter of Beverly
What was jasmine ranting about with her sister ?
Complaining about how people were constantly in her buisness
The food
about how her brother not being there
About how Beverly was being worried
True or False: Jimbo is an Acoholic
True
False
True or False: Keisha is Jasmine's Daughter
True
False
who is beverly
the sister
the mama
the son
Dayton wife and Keisha mom
What does Dayton offer Jasmine .
Water
Fancy Cheese
Wine
Who said they were going to get another cake?
Beverly
Dayton
Keisha
Jasmine
Where did Jasmine say she got the wine
Dubai
England
Rome
France
What was Keisha and Dayton's relationship?
Father and daughter
Siblings
Cousins
Uncle and niece
What non-white race did Jimbo say he would want to be?
Black
Asian
Latinx
Slavic
What non-white race did Suze say she would want to be?
Native American
Slavic
Black
Asian
What non-white race did Bets say she wants to be?
Asian
Latinx
Slavic
Black
What non-white race did Mack say he wants to be?
Latinx
Slavic
Black
Native American
What is the "cakewalk?"
Walking around holding a huge cake
May or may not be a racist dance
A flavor of cake
A dance to celebrate good grades
What were the characters in ACT II watching?
A speech done by Malcom X
A janitor cleaning a closet
A movie about racism
The characters in ACT I
Why did Jimbo not want to be Black and wealthy?
It would not be the authentic Black experience
It is too stereotypical, so it would be boring
What is Bets' ethnicity?
German
Greek
Eastern European (White)
Dutch
What did Jimbo say about asian parents?
they're mean
they torture their kids
they're great at cooking
they're never married
Which character hinted that they were may be part of the LGBTQA
bets
keisha
beverly
jasmine
Who is Beverly's brother?
Dayton
Tyrone
Joe
Jimbo
what burned in the oven
cake
cheese cake
BROWNIES
macaroni
pasta
Who does Keisha invite on the stage
white people
black people
asian people
the producer
who plays mama?
suze
bets
mack
jimbo
erika
What is Mack's ethnicity?
Black
White
Hispanic
Eastern European
Whos pregnant
Keisha
Suze
Jasmine
Beverly
no one