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Broadway

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which city will you find the street named Broadway, where you can watch the most popular professional plays and musicals?

a)

Los Angeles

b)

New York City

c)

Atlanta

d)

London

2.

What new fangled invention was giving Broadway a lot of competition?

a)

Cable

b)

Radio

c)

TV

d)

Satellite

3.

Thomas Lanier Williams had a pen name, named after which state?

a)

New York

b)

California

c)

Texas

d)

Tennessee

4.

What was one job Thomas Lanier Williams had growing up?

a)

Stock Boy

b)

Shoe Shine Boy

c)

Newspaper Boy

d)

Salesman

5.

Thomas Lanier Williams play, "The Glass Menagerie", was not based on his life at all.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Which of the following is regarded as Thomas Lanier WIlliams's greatest work as a playwright?

a)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

b)

American Blues

c)

A Streetcar Named Desire

d)

The Glass Menagerie

7.

What kind of acting is prominently displayed in the play, "A Streetcar Named Desire"?

a)

Meisner

b)

Classical

c)

Method

d)

Chekhov

8.

What famous line/name is linked to the play, "A Streetcar Named Desire"?

a)

Stephanie

b)

Stella

c)

Stacey

d)

Star

9.

What did Arthur Miller's plays focus on?

a)

War

b)

Politics

c)

Family

d)

Romance

10.

Arthur Miller focused on female characters.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Williams and Miller arrived in New York City in the same year.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What was the title of the first play Miller wrote that was not a flop?

_________ of a Salesman

a)

Life

b)

Career

c)

Marriage

d)

Death

13.

In the play, Death of a Salesman, what are the wife's final words at Willy's funeral?

We're (a)  

14.

What was the name of the award winning play Lorraine Hansberry wrote?

A __________ in the Sun

a)

Grape

b)

Man

c)

Raisin

d)

Watermelon

15.

Where did the title of Lorraine Hansberry's most famous play originate from?

a)

A song

b)

A poem

c)

A dream

d)

A bible verse

16.

What city was Lorraine born in and was also the setting for her most famous play?

a)

Chicago

b)

Detroit

c)

New Orleans

d)

New York City

17.

What did the mama buy in Lorraine Hansberry's play with her 10,000 insurance check?

a)

School tuition

b)

A car

c)

A house

d)

Pay bills