Six Characters in Search of An Author
Luigi Pirandello
1. What is the general appearance of the stage at
the beginning of the play?
A) Fully
lit and set for a play
B) Completely dark and empty
C) Half dark and empty, as during the daytime
D) Decorated with elaborate props
Answer: C) Half dark and empty, as during the daytime
2. Why is the stage arranged in this way?
A) To
create suspense for the audience
B) To simulate nighttime
C) To give the impression of an impromptu performance
D) To allow the actors to prepare backstage
Answer: C) To give the impression of an impromptu performance
3. What play is the company rehearsing?
A) Six
Characters in Search of an Author
B) Hamlet
C) Mixing it Up (Il giuoco delle parti)
D) Waiting for Godot
Answer: C) Mixing it Up (Il giuoco delle parti)
4. Who is waiting for the manager to begin the
rehearsal?
A) The
director
B) The Father
C) The Prompter
D) The Stagehand
Answer: C) The Prompter
5. What action does the Manager take after
entering?
A) Yells
at the actors
B) Orders for more light
C) Starts reading lines
D) Leaves the stage
Answer: B) Orders for more light
6. What does the Prompter do once seated?
A) Starts
writing the script
B) Turns on a light and opens the "book"
C) Goes to sleep
D) Calls the Manager over
Answer: B) Turns on a light and opens the "book"
7. What does the Leading Man object to in the scene
description?
A) The
dialogue
B) The scene setting
C) Wearing a cook’s cap
D) Speaking too loudly
Answer: C) Wearing a cook’s cap
8. How does the Manager react to the Leading Man’s
objection?
A) He
agrees and removes it
B) He becomes enraged and sarcastic
C) He asks the writer to change the scene
D) He ignores the objection
Answer: B) He becomes enraged and sarcastic
9. What metaphor does the Manager use to describe
the egg-beating scene?
A)
Realism in drama
B) Symbol of purity
C) The shell of reason versus instinct
D) Absurdist comedy
Answer: C) The shell of reason versus instinct
10. Who enters during this commotion?
A) A
critic
B) Six mysterious characters
C) The playwright
D) A police officer
Answer: B) Six mysterious characters
11. How are the Six Characters visually introduced?
A) In
dark shadows
B) In a glowing, dreamlike light
C) In bright theatrical light
D) From the audience
Answer: B) In a glowing, dreamlike light
12. What does the Father say the Six Characters are
searching for?
A) A
place to hide
B) Their families
C) An author
D) A stage manager
Answer: C) An author
13. What is the Manager’s initial reaction to their
request?
A) He
agrees
B) He is amused and welcomes them
C) He is confused and dismissive
D) He calls the police
Answer: C) He is confused and dismissive
14. How does the Step-Daughter describe their
arrival?
A) As
planned and organized
B) As a mistake
C) As an opportunity for a new piece
D) As accidental
Answer: C) As an opportunity for a new piece
15. What does the Father claim they bring?
A)
Costumes
B) A new script
C) A drama
D) A completed play
Answer: C) A drama
16. What is the Manager's reaction to the word
“drama”?
A) He
becomes interested
B) He gets angry
C) He ignores it
D) He asks for a copy
Answer: B) He gets angry
17. According to the Father, what is absurd yet
true in life?
A) Death
B) Illness
C) Infinite absurdities
D) Comedy
Answer: C) Infinite absurdities
18. What is the Manager’s sarcastic suggestion
about the Six Characters?
A) They
are actors in disguise
B) They are spirits
C) They have been born as characters
D) They are lost tourists
Answer: C) They have been born as characters
19. How does the Father respond to the Manager’s
laughter?
A) He
laughs too
B) He gets defensive and explains they are real
C) He walks off stage
D) He apologizes
Answer: B) He gets defensive and explains they are real
20. What does the Father say about characters
versus real people?
A)
Characters are always more dramatic
B) Real people are deeper
C) Characters can be more alive than real people
D) Real people are superior
Answer: C) Characters can be more alive than real people
21. What is the Manager’s reaction to the Father’s
claim about characters being “alive”?
A) He
believes him immediately
B) He is amused and laughs
C) He faints
D) He leaves the rehearsal
Answer: B) He is amused and laughs
22. What does the Father claim gives life to the
stage?
A) Real
events
B) Emotions
C) The actors
D) Human fantasy
Answer: D) Human fantasy
23. How does the Manager describe the acting
profession?
A)
Useless and outdated
B) A joke
C) A noble one
D) A dying art
Answer: C) A noble one
24. What is the actors’ response when the Manager
defends their profession?
A) They
boo
B) They laugh
C) They applaud
D) They leave the stage
Answer: C) They applaud
25. What does the Father argue is the “sole raison
d’être” of the acting profession?
A) Money
B) Creating laughter
C) Creating believable illusions
D) Memorizing lines
Answer: C) Creating believable illusions
26. What metaphor does the Father use to describe
being born into different forms?
A)
Shadows on a wall
B) Becoming butterflies
C) Trees, stones, water, butterfly, woman
D) The cycle of dreams
Answer: C) Trees, stones, water, butterfly, woman
27. Who is described as wearing mourning with
elegance?
A) The
Mother
B) The Step-Daughter
C) The Child
D) The Son
Answer: B) The Step-Daughter
28. Who is dressed in black and looks crushed by
shame?
A) The
Child
B) The Father
C) The Step-Daughter
D) The Mother
Answer: D) The Mother
29. Which character shows contempt for the timid
boy?
A) The
Step-Daughter
B) The Son
C) The Mother
D) The Manager
Answer: A) The Step-Daughter
30. How old is the Boy?
A) 4
B) 10
C) 14
D) 18
Answer: C) 14
31. What is the demeanor of the Son?
A)
Cheerful and friendly
B) Severe and indifferent
C) Frightened and shy
D) Curious and lively
Answer: B) Severe and indifferent
32. What relationship does the Step-Daughter have
with the Child?
A) She
ignores her
B) She is jealous of her
C) She is tender and caring
D) She is hostile toward her
Answer: C) She is tender and caring
33. How does the Door-Keeper behave when
approaching the Manager?
A)
Confidently
B) Nervously and respectfully
C) Aggressively
D) He ignores the Manager
Answer: B) Nervously and respectfully
34. What is the Manager’s rule during rehearsal?
A) No
speaking
B) No eating
C) No one is allowed to enter
D) No lights on stage
Answer: C) No one is allowed to enter
35. How does the Manager describe modern
playwrights?
A)
Innovative and bold
B) Always clear in their meaning
C) Providing stupid comedies and puppets
D) Lovers of realism
Answer: C) Providing stupid comedies and puppets
36. What is the Manager’s complaint about modern
drama?
A) It’s
too long
B) It's outdated
C) It lacks emotion
D) It is too obscure and confusing
Answer: D) It is too obscure and confusing
37. Who insists that they “bring a drama”?
A) The
Boy
B) The Manager
C) The Father
D) The Prompter
Answer: C) The Father
38. What is the setting described in the rehearsal
of “Mixing It Up”?
A) A
courtroom
B) Leo Gala’s house
C) A school
D) A forest
Answer: B) Leo Gala’s house
39. Who reads from the “book”?
A) The
Manager
B) The Step-Daughter
C) The Prompter
D) The Father
Answer: C) The Prompter
40. What does the Manager ask the actors to do
during the egg-beating scene?
A) Sing
in unison
B) Face three-quarters
C) Turn off the lights
D) Speak softly
Answer: B) Face three-quarters
41. What is the primary theme introduced with the
arrival of the Six Characters?
A) Politics
in theater
B) The failure of acting
C) The blending of illusion and reality
D) Family reconciliation
Answer: C) The blending of illusion and reality
42. How does the Manager refer to Pirandello’s
work?
A) Genius
and poetic
B) A glorious success
C) Confusing and absurd
D) An easy crowd-pleaser
Answer: C) Confusing and absurd
43. What is the Step-Daughter's tone when she
suggests they could be the new play?
A) Shy
B) Nervous
C) Vivacious and bold
D) Sad and quiet
Answer: C) Vivacious and bold
44. Why does the Father consider the actors
“madmen” in a way?
A)
Because they never rehearse properly
B) Because they create truth from fantasy
C) Because they believe in ghosts
D) Because they fight with each other
Answer: B) Because they create truth from fantasy
45. What does the Father say about absurdities in
life?
A) They
are always fake
B) They must seem plausible
C) They are true even if they aren’t plausible
D) They must be denied
Answer: C) They are true even if they aren’t plausible
46. What does the Father accuse the Manager of
doing too quickly?
A)
Laughing at serious ideas
B) Judging the characters
C) Throwing them out
D) Ending the rehearsal
Answer: A) Laughing at serious ideas
47. What type of light surrounds the Characters
when they enter?
A) A
spotlight
B) No light at all
C) A tenuous, dreamlike glow
D) Flashing lights
Answer: C) A tenuous, dreamlike glow
48. What does the Manager ask the Property Man to
do to the Characters?
A) Find
them chairs
B) Interview them
C) Turn them out
D) Give them scripts
Answer: C) Turn them out
49. Why does the Manager mockingly refer to the
Characters as “friends”?
A) To
show he likes them
B) To include them in the troupe
C) To belittle them as intruders
D) Because he respects their drama
Answer: C) To belittle them as intruders
50. What makes the Six Characters unique from the
beginning?
A) They
speak in rhymes
B) They are mute
C) They appear with a surreal light and claim to be alive
D) They hold scripts in hand
Answer: C) They appear with a surreal light and claim to be alive
2nd Series
1. Who is
the first Character to speak directly to the Manager?
A) The Step-Daughter
B) The Father
C) The Son
D) The Mother
Answer: B) The Father
2. What
do the Characters want from the Manager?
A) Money
B) Rehearsal time
C) To be written into a play
D) To be left alone
Answer: C) To be written into a play
3. How
many Characters arrive at the rehearsal?
A) Four
B) Six
C) Eight
D) Ten
Answer: B) Six
4. What
term does the Father use to describe the Characters' situation?
A) Dead
B) Completed
C) Side-tracked
D) Rejected
Answer: C) Side-tracked
5.
According to the Father, what is the fate of an author?
A) Eternal life
B) Sudden success
C) Inevitable death
D) Constant revision
Answer: C) Inevitable death
6. What
quality does the Father attribute to characters that authors cannot possess?
A) Wisdom
B) Wealth
C) Immortality
D) Popularity
Answer: C) Immortality
7. What
language does the Step-Daughter sing in during her performance?
A) Italian
B) French
C) Spanish
D) English
Answer: B) French
8. What
reaction does the Step-Daughter’s dance receive from the Actors?
A) Anger
B) Applause
C) Disgust
D) Silence
Answer: B) Applause
9. What
is the Manager's initial response to the Step-Daughter’s behavior?
A) Confusion
B) Approval
C) Horror
D) Anger
Answer: D) Anger
10. What
is the Mother’s main concern when she speaks to the Manager?
A) Her husband
B) Her children
C) The Manager’s opinion
D) Her financial status
Answer: B) Her children
11. How
does the Father describe the Characters’ story?
A) Published
B) Real
C) Alive
D) Tragic
Answer: C) Alive
12. What
does the Step-Daughter say about the Son?
A) He is compassionate
B) He is indifferent
C) He is wise
D) He is obedient
Answer: B) He is indifferent
13. What
is the relationship between the Father and the Step-Daughter?
A) They are siblings
B) They are lovers
C) He is her step-father
D) He is her real father
Answer: C) He is her step-father
14. What
incident does the Step-Daughter frequently refer to during Act I?
A) Her father’s death
B) A near transaction at Madame Pace’s shop
C) A legal dispute
D) A school exam
Answer: B) A near transaction at Madame Pace’s shop
15. What
item symbolizes the near transaction in Madame Pace’s shop?
A) A red scarf
B) A pale blue envelope
C) A golden necklace
D) A white dress
Answer: B) A pale blue envelope
16. How
much money was in the envelope at Madame Pace’s shop?
A) 50 lire
B) 100 lire
C) 500 lire
D) 1000 lire
Answer: B) 100 lire
17. Why doesn’t
the Son recognize the Mother as his own?
A) He lost his memory
B) She left when he was two
C) He was adopted
D) He denies her existence
Answer: B) She left when he was two
18. What
does the Step-Daughter accuse the Son of?
A) Being kind
B) Being indifferent and judgmental
C) Being ambitious
D) Being lazy
Answer: B) Being indifferent and judgmental
19. How
does the Manager respond to the Characters' request initially?
A) Eagerly accepts
B) Denies and dismisses them
C) Is confused and skeptical
D) Calls the police
Answer: C) Is confused and skeptical
20. Why
does the Step-Daughter say she is seeking revenge?
A) For her father's cruelty
B) To defend her mother
C) To relive the past
D) For what happened with the Father
Answer: D) For what happened with the Father
21. What
does the Father say about words?
A) They are always truthful
B) They never fail
C) They are misunderstood
D) They have no power
Answer: C) They are misunderstood
22. What
is the Father’s explanation for human misunderstanding?
A) Bad education
B) Lack of patience
C) Different interpretations of words
D) Lack of love
Answer: C) Different interpretations of words
23. How
does the Father describe the Mother?
A) Ambitious
B) Passionate
C) Mentally deaf
D) Angry
Answer: C) Mentally deaf
24. What
does the Manager compare the Characters to?
A) Ghosts
B) Actors
C) Lunatics
D) Children
Answer: C) Lunatics
25. What
genre of play does the Manager say they perform?
A) Musicals
B) Operas
C) Dramas and comedies
D) Tragedies only
Answer: C) Dramas and comedies
26. What
does the Step-Daughter call the money the Father offered her?
A) Blood money
B) Kindness
C) Vile
D) Compensation
Answer: C) Vile
27. What
shop does Madame Pace run?
A) A café
B) A tailor's shop
C) A bookshop
D) A flower shop
Answer: B) A tailor's shop
28. What
does the Step-Daughter accuse Madame Pace of doing?
A) Teaching sewing
B) Tricking poor girls
C) Running a school
D) Selling stolen goods
Answer: B) Tricking poor girls
29. What
language is used by the Step-Daughter during her song?
A) Italian
B) French
C) German
D) English
Answer: B) French
30. Who
protests most when the Step-Daughter retells the brothel scene?
A) The Mother
B) The Father
C) The Son
D) The Manager
Answer: A) The Mother
31. What
does the Son refer to the Father’s logic as?
A) Wisdom
B) Justice
C) Phrases
D) Madness
Answer: C) Phrases
32. What
is the primary theme introduced in Act I?
A) Religion
B) Family loyalty
C) The blurred line between fiction and reality
D) Education reform
Answer: C) The blurred line between fiction and reality
33. Who
says the famous line, “We want to live”?
A) The Step-Daughter
B) The Son
C) The Manager
D) The Father
Answer: D) The Father
34. What
does the Step-Daughter say the Father is ashamed of?
A) His wealth
B) His treatment of the Son
C) The near incestuous encounter
D) His marriage
Answer: C) The near incestuous encounter
35. Who
brings a chair when the Mother faints?
A) The Manager
B) One of the Actors
C) The Step-Daughter
D) The Son
Answer: B) One of the Actors
36. What
does the Father call the source of his mistakes?
A) The Demon of Logic
B) The Spirit of Madness
C) The Demon of Experiment
D) The Illusion of Power
Answer: C) The Demon of Experiment
37. What
do the Characters claim they represent?
A) Fantasy
B) Reality
C) Drama itself
D) Human failure
Answer: C) Drama itself
38. Why
doesn’t the Manager understand the Characters at first?
A) They are speaking in riddles
B) They are too loud
C) He believes they are mad
D) He thinks they are real people
Answer: C) He believes they are mad
39. How
does the Leading Lady feel about the interruption?
A) Curious
B) Delighted
C) Jealous and irritated
D) Terrified
Answer: C) Jealous and irritated
40. Why
is the Leading Lady annoyed?
A) She wasn’t cast
B) The Step-Daughter is taking attention
C) The rehearsal is canceled
D) She is tired
Answer: B) The Step-Daughter is taking attention
41. Who
says, “This is something quite new”?
A) The Manager
B) Juvenile Lead
C) The Son
D) The Father
Answer: B) Juvenile Lead
42. What
does the Manager want before considering the Characters’ story?
A) A script
B) Costumes
C) Permission
D) Rehearsal time
Answer: A) A script
43. How
does the Father describe his intentions for the Mother and her lover?
A) Spiteful
B) Honest
C) Helpful
D) Evil
Answer: C) Helpful
44. What
is the Mother's primary identity, according to the Father?
A) A lover
B) A teacher
C) A mother
D) A wife
Answer: C) A mother
45. What
does the Step-Daughter use to humiliate the Father?
A) His poetry
B) The brothel scene
C) His clothes
D) A diary
Answer: B) The brothel scene
46. What
does the Father say happens to his pity when misunderstood?
A) It disappears
B) It becomes cruelty
C) It grows
D) It turns into anger
Answer: B) It becomes cruelty
47. How
does the Step-Daughter describe her inner drive?
A) Madness
B) Revenge
C) Curiosity
D) Love
Answer: B) Revenge
48. What
emotion does the Son mostly express?
A) Joy
B) Indifference
C) Rage
D) Compassion
Answer: B) Indifference
49. Why
is the Manager slowly drawn into the Characters’ story?
A) He wants fame
B) He is emotionally moved
C) He is curious
D) He is forced
Answer: C) He is curious
50. What
do the Characters represent in the play?
A) Archetypes
B) Ghosts
C) Unfinished creations
D) Historical figures
Answer: C) Unfinished creations
3rd
Series
1. Why did the Father send the Mother's son away?
A) He
hated the child
B) He was cruel
C) He wanted him to grow up healthy in the country
D) He wanted to punish the Mother
Answer: C
2. What reason does the Father give for marrying
the Mother?
A) He
loved her deeply
B) She was wealthy
C) She seemed strong
D) She seemed weak and of humble origin
Answer: D
3. What does the Step-Daughter sarcastically point
out about the Son’s condition?
A) He is
well educated
B) He is healthy and strong
C) He is very obedient
D) He is rich and powerful
Answer: B
4. According to the Father, what is a proof that he
is a real man?
A) His
honesty
B) His contradiction
C) His strength
D) His wisdom
Answer: B
5. How does the Step-Daughter react to the Father's
claim of "moral sanity"?
A) She
agrees
B) She cries
C) She bursts into laughter
D) She leaves the stage
Answer: C
6. What was the Father’s emotional state after the
Mother left?
A)
Relieved
B) Joyful
C) Lonely and lost
D) Angry
Answer: C
7. How did the Father describe the Mother before
she left?
A) Joyful
B) Supportive
C) Boring and pitiable
D) Energetic
Answer: C
8. What job did the Mother take up after returning
to town?
A) Cook
B) Teacher
C) Seamstress/modiste
D) Governess
Answer: C
9. What was Madame Pace’s secret business?
A)
Selling illegal goods
B) Human trafficking
C) Running a brothel disguised as a dress shop
D) Political espionage
Answer: C
10. What did the Father give the young Step-Daughter
when she was a child?
A) Money
B) A doll
C) A straw hat with flowers
D) A ring
Answer: C
11. What did the Father claim motivated him to
follow the Step-Daughter as a child?
A)
Obsession
B) Curiosity and sentimental concern
C) Anger at the Mother
D) His sense of guilt
Answer: B
12. How did the Step-Daughter react when the Father
recognized her in Madame Pace’s place?
A) She
ran away
B) She fainted
C) She told the Mother
D) She was indifferent
Answer: C
13. What does the Father say about dignity and
shame?
A) They
are irrelevant
B) They are equal
C) Dignity is a tombstone over shame
D) Shame is a sign of weakness
Answer: C
14. How does the Step-Daughter view the Father’s
philosophical explanations?
A) She
admires them
B) She is inspired
C) She finds them disgusting
D) She ignores them
Answer: C
15. What kind of remorse does the Step-Daughter
accuse the Father of?
A) Fake
B) Honest
C) Enlightened
D) Deep
Answer: A
16. Why does the Manager say, “Let’s come to the
point”?
A) He
wants the characters to leave
B) He is confused
C) He finds the discussion too long and abstract
D) He is ready to act
Answer: C
17. What metaphor does the Father use for a fact?
A) A
mirror
B) A sack that won’t stand up when empty
C) A shadow
D) A stone
Answer: B
18. What was the Step-Daughter’s role in the house
after they returned?
A) Cook
B) Governess
C) Mistress of the house
D) Maid
Answer: C
19. What does the Step-Daughter accuse the Son of?
A) Murder
B) Neglecting and humiliating them
C) Stealing money
D) Having an affair
Answer: B
20. What does the Son call himself?
A) A
victim
B) A hero
C) An "unrealized" character
D) A philosopher
Answer: C
21. What is the Son's reaction to the family drama?
A) Active
involvement
B) Complete denial and detachment
C) Anger
D) Supportive
Answer: B
22. Who does the Father blame for not informing him
of their poverty?
A) The
government
B) The Mother
C) The Manager
D) The Step-Daughter
Answer: B
23. What is the Father's defense for his moral
contradiction?
A) He denies
it
B) He says it proves he is alive
C) He blames society
D) He was misled
Answer: B
24. What does the Step-Daughter say about the
Father's presence at school?
A) He
scared her
B) He embarrassed her
C) He amused her
D) She didn’t recognize him at first
Answer: D
25. What does the Manager complain about often?
A) The
Mother’s silence
B) The drama being too abstract
C) The lights on stage
D) The absence of characters
Answer: B
26. The Father's view on conscience is that:
A) It’s a
constant force
B) It is the same for all
C) It is multiple and varied
D) It doesn't matter
Answer: C
27. Why does the Step-Daughter mock the Son’s
attitude?
A) He
acts morally superior
B) He is handsome
C) He is rich
D) He is polite
Answer: A
28. Who does the Father claim always misinterpreted
his feelings?
A) The
Manager
B) The Step-Daughter
C) The Mother
D) The Son
Answer: C
29. Why did the Father not search for the Mother
after she left with the other man?
A) He was
happy
B) He forgot
C) He lost track of them
D) He remarried
Answer: C
30. The Step-Daughter says she “owes her life on
the streets” to:
A) Madame
Pace
B) The Manager
C) The Son
D) The Father
Answer: C
31. What does the Son say he couldn’t do?
A) Accept
the new family
B) Love the Step-Daughter
C) Go to school
D) Earn money
Answer: A
32. The Father says “I sent her to that man...”
Why?
A) To
punish her
B) To free her
C) To follow tradition
D) To test her loyalty
Answer: B
33. What does the Step-Daughter say about her frock?
A) It was
expensive
B) Madame Pace used it to exploit her
C) It was magical
D) She gave it away
Answer: B
34. Why does the Manager get frustrated during this
act?
A) Lack
of lighting
B) The Father is too emotional
C) The conversation lacks action
D) The characters won’t leave
Answer: C
35. The Father insists that drama lies in:
A) The
costumes
B) The plot
C) The conscience
D) The dialogue
Answer: C
36. The Son insists that he was raised:
A) By the
Step-Daughter
B) By strangers
C) Alone, apart from family
D) In luxury
Answer: C
37. What was the Son’s feeling toward the returning
family?
A) He
welcomed them
B) He was indifferent
C) He felt invaded and angry
D) He loved them
Answer: C
38. What does the Father believe about people who
speak the truth of their impulses?
A) They
are dangerous
B) They are brave
C) They are liars
D) They are immoral
Answer: B
39. The Step-Daughter sees the Father's remorse as:
A)
Justified
B) Deep
C) Crocodile tears
D) Unnecessary
Answer: C
40. What does the Son call the narrative events?
A)
Literature
B) Genius
C) Drama
D) Love story
Answer: A
41. What does the Step-Daughter call the Father
when revealing his past?
A) Saint
B) Hypocrite
C) Gentleman
D) Philosopher
Answer: B
42. What does the Manager find difficult to stage?
A)
Emotions
B) Transitions
C) Abstract philosophical arguments
D) Set design
Answer: C
43. What action "almost happened" at
Madame Pace's?
A) A
murder
B) A fight
C) An incestuous encounter
D) A marriage
Answer: C
44. The Father's conscience is:
A) Fixed
and singular
B) Empty
C) Complicated and multi-faceted
D) Unreliable
Answer: C
45. What best describes the Son’s role in the
family drama?
A)
Central
B) Supportive
C) Detached observer
D) Narrator
Answer: C
46. The Father calls the Mother an
"incubus" because:
A) She
was possessive
B) She filled the house with dullness
C) She haunted his dreams
D) She hurt the children
Answer: B
47. How does the Step-Daughter view intellectual
justification of immoral acts?
A)
Respectfully
B) Critically and with disgust
C) Indifferently
D) Supportively
Answer: B
48. What does the Father mean by “a sack that won’t
stand up empty”?
A) You
must support actions with motivation
B) People are hollow
C) Facts are useless
D) Life is meaningless
Answer: A
49. Why does the Step-Daughter call the Son “the
fine gentleman”?
A) He
acts superior and cold
B) He dresses well
C) He is polite
D) He is rich
Answer: A
50. The Father sees human contradiction as:
A)
Damning
B) Shameful
C) Proof of humanity
D) Unforgivable
Answer: C
Fourth
Series
Act I
1. What does the Father admit about his relationship with
the Son?
a) He was always close to him
b) He never bothered his head about him
c) He forced him into acting
d) He abandoned him as a child
Answer: b) He never bothered his head about him
2. How does the Mother react when she sees the Son after a
long time?
a) She doesn’t recognize him
b) She scolds him
c) She embraces him immediately
d) She ignores him
Answer: a) She doesn’t recognize him
3.
What does the Father
say is the Son’s role in the drama?
a) He is the main villain
b) He is the hinge of the whole action
c) He is irrelevant
d) He is the comic relief
Answer: b) He is the hinge of the whole action
4. a) Essential for emotional scenes
b) A nuisance
c) Great for comic timing
d) Necessary for realism
Answer: b) A nuisance
5. What happens to the little girl in the drama?
a) She becomes a star
b) She vanishes first
c) She runs away
d) She takes over the play
Answer: b) She vanishes first
6. What does the Father say about faith and reality?
a) Faith is unnecessary for happiness
b) Without faith, reality becomes unstable
c) Reality is fixed and unchangeable
d) Faith distorts truth
Answer: b) Without faith, reality becomes unstable
7. What does the Manager initially think about the
Characters' story?
a) It’s boring
b) It has potential for a drama
c) It’s too complicated
d) It’s a comedy
Answer: b) It has potential for a drama
8. How does the Step-Daughter react when the Manager
suggests cutting out the Boy?
a) She agrees happily
b) She protests angrily
c) She doesn’t care
d) She suggests adding more lines for him
Answer: b) She protests angrily
9. What does the Father ask the Manager to be for their
drama?
a) The lead actor
b) The author
c) The critic
d) The financier
Answer: b) The author
10.
How long is the play
suspended at the end of Act I?
a) 5 minutes
b) 10 minutes
c) 20 minutes
d) An hour
Answer: c) 20 minutes
Act II
11.
What does the
Step-Daughter call her Mother for crying?
a) A saint
b) A fool
c) A victim
d) A liar
Answer: b) A fool
12.
What does the Boy
have hidden in his pocket?
a) A toy
b) A revolver
c) A letter
d) A knife
Answer: b) A revolver
13.
What does the
Step-Daughter say she would have done instead of killing herself?
a) Run away
b) Shot the Father and Son
c) Forgotten everything
d) Become an actress
Answer: b) Shot the Father and Son
14.
How does the Manager
react to the Father’s insistence on realism?
a) He agrees completely
b) He is annoyed but intrigued
c) He refuses outright
d) He laughs mockingly
Answer: b) He is annoyed but intrigued
15.
What does the Father
say about actors playing the Characters?
a) They will perfectly capture their essence
b) They will distort their true selves
c) They should improvise freely
d) They are unnecessary
Answer: b) They will distort their true selves
16.
What does the
Leading Lady object to?
a) Being called "that woman"
b) Playing a minor role
c) The Step-Daughter’s laughter
d) The Father’s interference
Answer: a) Being called "that woman"
17.
How does the
Step-Daughter feel about being played by the Leading Lady?
a) She is honored
b) She sees no resemblance
c) She thinks it’s perfect
d) She refuses to watch
Answer: b) She sees no resemblance
18.
What does the
Manager say is the actors' role?
a) To imitate reality exactly
b) To give body and form to the characters
c) To rewrite the script
d) To ignore the Characters’ input
Answer: b) To give body and form to the characters
19.
What does the Father
request from the actresses?
a) Their hats and mantles
b) Their scripts
c) Their makeup
d) Their shoes
Answer: a) Their hats and mantles
20.
Who unexpectedly
enters the stage in Act II?
a) The Son
b) Madame Pace
c) The Prompter
d) The Property Man
Answer: b) Madame Pace
Additional MCQs
(21-50)
21.
What does the Father
say about the Son’s suffering?
a) It is exaggerated
b) It is the most painful of all
c) It is deserved
d) It is irrelevant
Answer: b) It is the most painful of all
22.
What does the
Manager say about the Characters’ reality?
a) It is more valid than the actors’
b) It is irrelevant to the play
c) It must be altered for the stage
d) It is an illusion
Answer: c) It must be altered for the stage
23.
How does the Leading
Man react to playing the Father?
a) He is honored
b) He finds it impossible
c) He refuses
d) He demands changes
Answer: b) He finds it impossible
24.
What does the Father
criticize about the actors?
a) Their lack of talent
b) Their inability to capture true essence
c) Their arrogance
d) Their laziness
Answer: b) Their inability to capture true essence
25.
What does the
Manager say about makeup?
a) It is unnecessary
b) It will fix all discrepancies
c) It distorts reality
d) It is only for comedies
Answer: b) It will fix all discrepancies
26.
Why does the
Step-Daughter refuse to participate in the rehearsal?
a) She dislikes the Manager
b) She thinks it’s a mess
c) She wants a bigger role
d) She fears the actors
Answer: b) She thinks it’s a mess
27.
What does the
Step-Daughter tell the Child about the stage?
a) It’s a place for fun games
b) It’s where people pretend to be serious
c) It’s a magical world
d) It’s boring and fake
Answer: b) It’s where people pretend to be serious
28.
How does the Boy
behave toward the Mother?
a) Affectionately
b) Indifferently
c) Fearfully
d) Aggressively
Answer: c) Fearfully
29.
What does the Son
accuse his parents of revealing?
a) Their financial struggles
b) Their hidden marriage troubles
c) His illegitimate birth
d) Their dislike of him
Answer: b) Their hidden marriage troubles
30.
What does the
Manager order the machinist to prepare?
a) A garden scene
b) A white parlor with floral decorations
c) A dark alley
d) A courtroom
Answer: b) A white parlor with floral decorations
31.
What does the
Property Man struggle to find for the scene?
a) A yellow sofa
b) A revolver
c) A blue envelope
d) A silver chain
Answer: a) A yellow sofa
32.
How does the Manager
plan to record the scenes?
a) By filming them
b) Through shorthand notes
c) With voice recordings
d) By memory
Answer: b) Through shorthand notes
33.
What does the Father
insist about the Characters?
a) They should improvise
b) They are more real than the actors
c) They need no script
d) They are figments of imagination
Answer: b) They are more real than the actors
34.
How do the actors
react to the Characters’ demands?
a) They enthusiastically agree
b) They mock them
c) They refuse to cooperate
d) They demand higher pay
Answer: b) They mock them
35.
What does the
Leading Lady threaten to do if disrespected?
a) Quit the play
b) Sue the Manager
c) Walk away
d) Yell at the Father
Answer: c) Walk away
36.
How does Madame Pace
enter the scene?
a) Through the audience
b) Unseen until she speaks
c) Via the stage door
d) Through a trapdoor
Answer: c) Via the stage door
37.
What is Madame
Pace’s appearance described as?
a) Youthful and elegant
b) Fat, oldish, and comically elegant
c) Ghostly and pale
d) Masculine and stern
Answer: b) Fat, oldish, and comically elegant
38.
What hangs from
Madame Pace’s waist?
a) A purse
b) A pair of scissors
c) A locket
d) A whistle
Answer: b) A pair of scissors
39.
How does the Manager
react to Madame Pace’s appearance?
a) He is delighted
b) He is furious
c) He is terrified
d) He ignores her
Answer: b) He is furious
40.
What does the Father
claim about Madame Pace’s arrival?
a) It was prearranged
b) The stage’s magic summoned her
c) She is an actress in disguise
d) She is a ghost
Answer: b) The stage’s magic summoned her
41.
How does the
Step-Daughter react to Madame Pace?
a) She runs to her
b) She hides
c) She insults her
d) She faints
Answer: a) She runs to her
42.
What does the Father
say about the actress playing Madame Pace?
a) She will be more authentic
b) She will be less true than the real one
c) She should improvise
d) She is unnecessary
Answer: b) She will be less true than the real one
Meta-Theatrical
Elements
43.
What does the
Manager say about the "spirit of the piece"?
a) It resides in the playwright
b) It is shaped by the actors
c) It is irrelevant
d) It is divine inspiration
Answer: b) It is shaped by the actors
44.
The Father argues
that the Characters have a right to live on stage because:
a) They wrote the play
b) They are truer than the actors
c) They paid for the production
d) They are famous
Answer: b) They are truer than the actors
45.
What does the
Manager dismiss as "nonsense"?
a) The Characters’ backstory
b) The Father’s talk of souls
c) The Step-Daughter’s demands
d) The Son’s silence
Answer: b) The Father’s talk of souls
46.
The play explores
the conflict between:
a) Wealth and poverty
b) Reality and illusion
c) Love and hatred
d) Past and future
Answer: b) Reality and illusion
47.
The Characters are
in search of an author because:
a) They want fame
b) Their story is unfinished
c) They need money
d) They dislike actors
Answer: b) Their story is unfinished
48.
The Manager’s role
symbolizes:
a) Divine judgment
b) Artistic control vs. chaos
c) Political power
d) Family authority
Answer: b) Artistic control vs. chaos
49.
The Son’s refusal to
participate highlights:
a) His cowardice
b) His disdain for theater
c) The impossibility of fixing life into art
d) His love for his mother
Answer: c) The impossibility of fixing life into art
50. The play’s structure is:
a) Linear and chronological
b) A series of flashbacks
c) A rehearsal within a play
d) A musical interlude
Answer: c) A rehearsal within a play
5th
Series
1. What
is the Manager's main concern about the Step-Daughter's speech?
A) It's
too emotional
B) It's not polite
C) It's not loud enough
D) It's not realistic
Answer:
C) It's not loud enough
2. Why
does the Step-Daughter say Madame Pace must not speak loudly?
A)
Because her accent is too thick
B) Because someone might overhear them
C) Because it’s rude
D) Because the shop is quiet
Answer:
B) Because someone might overhear them
3. What
does the Father say when the Manager suspects someone new will enter the stage?
A) “Yes,
another character is waiting.”
B) “She is alluding to me.”
C) “We need more actors.”
D) “It’s just part of the illusion.”
Answer:
B) “She is alluding to me.”
4. How
does the Step-Daughter feel about acting out the scene with the Father?
A)
Nervous and afraid
B) Reluctant but compliant
C) Enthusiastic and eager
D) Unwilling and resentful
Answer:
C) Enthusiastic and eager
5. How
does Madame Pace speak, according to the script?
A) Fluent
Italian
B) Perfect English
C) A mix of Italian and English
D) Spanish and French
Answer:
C) A mix of Italian and English
6. What
comic element does the Manager appreciate in Madame Pace’s speech?
A) Her
exaggerated gestures
B) Her inability to follow directions
C) Her accent and broken English
D) Her costume
Answer:
C) Her accent and broken English
7. Why
does the Mother become distressed and jump up?
A) She
doesn't understand the scene
B) She is angry at Madame Pace's accusations
C) She is reliving a traumatic moment
D) She wants to act instead
Answer:
C) She is reliving a traumatic moment
8. What
does the Step-Daughter do when the actors try to perform her scene?
A) Applauds
their effort
B) Cries silently
C) Laughs at their performance
D) Leaves the stage
Answer:
C) Laughs at their performance
9. Why
are the Father and Step-Daughter upset at the actors' performance?
A) The
actors forget their lines
B) The actors are making fun of them
C) The actors don’t capture their true experience
D) The Manager won’t let them perform
Answer:
C) The actors don’t capture their true experience
10. What
philosophical idea is explored when the Father says, “They want to be us, but they
aren’t”?
A) The
difference between past and present
B) The divide between actor and character
C) The illusion of time
D) The failure of memory
Answer:
B) The divide between actor and character
11. Why do the Actors complain about
the Step-Daughter's speech?
A) It's too loud
B) It's too fast
C) It's unintelligible
D) It's too emotional
Answer: C) It's unintelligible
12. What reason does the
Step-Daughter give for speaking softly?
A) She is shy
B) She is angry
C) These matters can't be shouted
D) She has a sore throat
Answer: C) These matters can't be shouted
13. Who does the Step-Daughter
indicate will hear if Madame Pace speaks loudly?
A) The Son
B) The Father
C) The Mother
D) The Manager
Answer: B) The Father
14. How does Madame Pace speak,
according to the script?
A) In Shakespearean English
B) With an upper-class British accent
C) In a mix of Italian and English
D) In Latin
Answer: C) In a mix of Italian and English
15. Why does the Manager welcome
Madame Pace’s broken English?
A) It adds comic relief
B) It’s easy to understand
C) It makes her sound intelligent
D) He wants to teach her
Answer: A) It adds comic relief
16. What does the Step-Daughter say
about Madame Pace's suggestive language?
A) It’s poetic
B) It’s offensive
C) It seems like a joke
D) It’s dramatic
Answer: C) It seems like a joke
17. How does the Mother react when
Madame Pace speaks about the “old signore”?
A) She cries silently
B) She faints
C) She attacks her
D) She calls her a murderess
Answer: D) She calls her a murderess
18. Why can't the Mother and Madame
Pace be on stage together?
A) They argue constantly
B) It ruins the illusion
C) The characters never met
D) The actors dislike each other
Answer: C) The characters never met
19. Why is the Manager not worried
about the confusion of characters during rehearsal?
A) He plans to rewrite it
B) He wants a rough sketch
C) He enjoys the chaos
D) He is ignoring it
Answer: B) He wants a rough sketch
20. What does Madame Pace say before
storming out?
A) “I quit!”
B) “You are rude people!”
C) “I go’way! Certainly!”
D) “Never again I come here!”
Answer: C) “I go’way! Certainly!”
21. What does the Step-Daughter
instruct the Father to say at the start of their scene?
A) "Excuse me, miss"
B) "Good morning, Miss"
C) "Hello, young lady"
D) "You look familiar"
Answer: B) "Good morning, Miss"
22. How does the Step-Daughter
describe her own posture during the scene?
A) Bold and proud
B) Nervous and pacing
C) Modest with bowed head
D) Sitting and smiling
Answer: C) Modest with bowed head
23. Why does the Father seem
hesitant during his scene?
A) He forgets his lines
B) He is truly affected by the moment
C) He wants to leave
D) He is bored
Answer: B) He is truly affected by the moment
24. What does the Father say when he
notices the Step-Daughter is very young?
A) “I must go!”
B) “Oh no!”
C) “This is not right.”
D) “Ah...but...ah...I say...”
Answer: D) “Ah...but...ah...I say...”
25. What excuse does the
Step-Daughter give for not taking a new hat?
A) It's too expensive
B) She's in mourning
C) Her mother won't allow it
D) It's ugly
Answer: B) She's in mourning
26. How does the Manager react to
the Step-Daughter’s emotional response?
A) He sympathizes
B) He cuts the scene
C) He tells the Prompter to stop writing
D) He applauds
Answer: C) He tells the Prompter to stop writing
27. What comment does the
Step-Daughter make about the Leading Lady’s black dress?
A) It’s too dramatic
B) It’s inappropriate
C) It’s more effective than hers
D) It looks fake
Answer: C) It’s more effective than hers
28. Why do the Father and
Step-Daughter laugh during the Leading Man’s performance?
A) He forgets the lines
B) He overacts
C) He imitates badly
D) They can’t recognize themselves
Answer: D) They can’t recognize themselves
29. What does the Manager say when
the Step-Daughter laughs during the rehearsal?
A) “Let her be!”
B) “Leave the stage!”
C) “Silence!”
D) “Very funny!”
Answer: C) “Silence!”
30. Why does the Leading Lady become
indignant during rehearsal?
A) The Manager yells at her
B) The Step-Daughter mocks her
C) She is asked to wear black
D) The Leading Man messes up
Answer: B) The Step-Daughter mocks her
31. What does the Father say about the
Actors trying to portray them?
A) They are excellent
B) They are inaccurate
C) They are too dramatic
D) They aren’t them
Answer: D) They aren’t them
32. What is the Manager’s attitude
toward the confusion during rehearsal?
A) Encouraging
B) Impatient
C) Apathetic
D) Sympathetic
Answer: B) Impatient
33. How does the Father describe the
Actors’ version of their story?
A) Poetic
B) Lively
C) Strange
D) Untrue
Answer: C) Strange
34. What does the Manager mean when
he says “they cannot be you”?
A) They aren’t talented enough
B) They are too different
C) Actors can’t be the actual people
D) They don’t understand
Answer: C) Actors can’t be the actual people
35. Why does the Leading Lady raise
her head and close her eyes in disgust?
A) She forgets her line
B) It's a cue from the Manager
C) She is in character
D) She mocks the Step-Daughter
Answer: C) She is in character
36. What is the tone of the
Step-Daughter as she mocks the performance?
A) Sarcastic
B) Sad
C) Encouraging
D) Afraid
Answer: A) Sarcastic
37. What detail annoys the
Step-Daughter in the performance?
A) The music
B) The entrance style
C) The way “Good afternoon” is said
D) The stage lighting
Answer: C) The way “Good afternoon” is said
38. Why does the Manager want to
continue despite errors?
A) They need a full rehearsal
B) He enjoys improvisation
C) It’s only a sketch
D) The playwright is watching
Answer: C) It’s only a sketch
39. What does the Step-Daughter say
is “the best part” of the scene?
A) The hat offering
B) The Mother's crying
C) What’s coming next
D) The Father's gallantry
Answer: C) What’s coming next
40. What is the Father’s attitude
during the reenactment?
A) Hostile
B) Detached
C) Sincere and affected
D) Playful
Answer: C) Sincere and affected
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