Fences Play By August Wilson! Trivia Quiz
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- 1.Who said these words:"You got to take the crookeds with the straights. That's what Papa used to say."?
- A.
Bono
- B.
Troy
- C.
Lyons
- D.
Cory
- 2.Who said these words: "Some people build fences to keep people out and other people build fences to keep people in" ?
- A.
Bono
- B.
Troy
- C.
Rose
- D.
Gabriel
- 3.Who said these words: "You can't visit the sins of the father upon the child."?
- A.
Bono
- B.
Troy
- C.
Lyons
- D.
Rose
- 4.What does Gabe do when his trumpet fails to play?
- A.
Borrows a saxophone from Lyons
- B.
Spits
- C.
Dances and makes a cry
- D.
Fixes the trumpet
- 5.Troy perceives Death in what actual forms?
- A.
A coach and a marching band.
- B.
A salesman and an army.
- C.
A pitcher and a catcher.
- D.
A doctor and a lawyer.
- 6.Why did Troy accidentally sign the papers that permitted Gabe to be sent to a mental hospital?
- A.
He couldn't read the papers.
- B.
He thought he was signing a baseball contract.
- C.
He was angry with Gabe for moving out.
- D.
He was tired of paying Gabe's bail.
- 7.Why does Rose decide to care for Raynell?
- A.
Rose is Raynell's birth mother.
- B.
Raynell is sick.
- C.
Cory always wanted a sister.
- D.
She decides Raynell is innocent of Troy's sins.
- 8.Cory and Raynell do what together?
- A.
Play baseball
- B.
Sing
- C.
Plant a Garden
- D.
Cry
- 9.How does Troy die?
- A.
Suicide
- B.
Cory kills him with a baseball bat
- C.
A heart attack
- D.
Cancer
- 10.What does Cory do after high school?
- A.
He joins the Marines.
- B.
He joins the Army.
- C.
He attends the University of North Carolina.
- D.
He plays college football.
- 11.After Rose learns of Troy's affair, she becomes more involved with what organization?
- A.
Cory's football team
- B.
Troy's union
- C.
Her church
- D.
Raynell's nursery school
- 12.What is Troy's promotion?
- A.
He becomes Bono's boss.
- B.
He becomes a garbage truck driver.
- C.
He becomes a union leader
- D.
He lifts garbage into the garbage trucks.
- 13.Where did Troy grow up?
- A.
Tallahassee
- B.
Pittsburgh
- C.
Somewhere in the south
- D.
Greentree
- 14.What do Bono and Troy stop doing together?
- A.
Playing dominoes and drinking
- B.
Cheating on their wives
- C.
Drinking and working
- D.
Playing baseball
- 15.Why didn't Troy get to play in the Major Leagues?
- A.
He was too old by the time they accepted black players.
- B.
He didn't get along with the coaches.
- C.
He was never good enough to play.
- D.
He didn't want to join
- 16.How are Gabriel and Troy related?
- A.
They are cousins
- B.
They are friends
- C.
They are co-workers
- D.
They are brothers
- 17.Who originally knows about Troy's affair with Alberta?
- A.
Bono
- B.
Cory
- C.
Lyons
- D.
Mr. Rand
- 18.In what decade does Fences begin?
- A.
1980s
- B.
1950s
- C.
1960s
- D.
1920s
- 19.What does Rose want Troy and Cory to finish building?
- A.
Roof
- B.
House
- C.
A baseball park
- D.
Fence
- 20.What does Troy do that leads to Cory's first physical fight with Troy?
- A.
He tells Cory he cannot have a television
- B.
He makes Cory build a fence
- C.
He grabs Rose's arm
- D.
He prevents Cory from going to college
- 21.Where is Cory supposed to work after school?
- A.
Taylor's
- B.
The A&P supermarket
- C.
Bono's house
- D.
The baseball park
- 22.What kind of music does Lyons play?
- A.
Classical
- B.
Hip-Hop
- C.
Jazz
- D.
Blues
- 23.Where do Bono and Troy meet Alberta?
- A.
Bono's House
- B.
The Baseball Park
- C.
Taylor's
- D.
The A&P supermarket
- 24.What Saint does Gabriel think he talks to?
- A.
Paul
- B.
Peter
- C.
Augustine
- D.
Anne
- 25.What made Troy sick enough to go to the hospital in 1941?
- A.
Typhoid fever
- B.
Pneumonia
- C.
Small pox
- D.
Yellow fever
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