When Nick arrives to help out

Roy is pleased to have a "real" director

Frustrated with the musical aspects, Zac decides to

play the overture with a piano accordian

Nick's direction is going well until

Henry finds out he is a communist

After the fire, Justin begins to think

the fire was Cherry's fault, Lewis is not up to the job

Lewis is able to calm Henry down by

dressing characters as Australian soldiers

Which answer is INCORRECT? Lewis is accompanied by his friend Nick who is

receiving treatment for drug adiction

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A #TraralgonCollege #EnglishYr10 quiz on Act 1 of the play "Cosi" by Louis Nowra

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1
The pianist for the performance is
Zac
Lewis
Nick
Julie
2
I what decade is the play set?
1980s
1960s
1970s
2000s
3
For her addition, Ruth sings "Wild Thing" which is an example of
her limited talent
music theatre
irony
music from the opera
4
When Nick arrives to help out
Roy is pleased to have a "real" director
he gets Doug back from the ward
he changes the play to "The Exception is the Rule"
he is able to solve all the play's problems
5
Scene 2 ends in uproar when
Cherry drops a cigarette down the toilet
Doug sets fire to the dunny
the theatre catches fire
Henry sets fire to the toilet
6
Frustrated with the musical aspects, Zac decides to
play the music with a piano accordian
play the overture with a piano accordian
give up
go to sleep
7
By the end of Act 1
Nick has walked out
All of the above
Lewis has asserted himself as director
Henry has calmed down
8
Henry is an ex-lawyer who suffers from
stage fright
pyromonia
a speech impediment
outbursts of violence
9
Why has Lewis been employed at the institution?
To provide counselling
To direct a play
To organise a variety concert
To direct Cosi Fan Tutti
10
Nick's direction is going well until
Henry finds out he is a communist
Roy attacks him
he tries to make them sing
he upsets Cherry
11
Another cast member is Ruth who is
a nymphomaniac
a pyromaniac
outgoing and loud
very shy and nervous
12
Doug is very interested in finding out about
the history of Mozart
Lewis's university studies
other plays that Lewis has directed
Lewis's girlfriend Lucy
13
Julie is in the institution because of
suicidal tendencies
all of the above
drug addiction
depression
14
After the fire, Justin begins to think
the fire was Cherry's fault
The project should be cancelled
Lewis is not up to the job
Lewis needs an assistant
15
Lewis is able to calm Henry down by
dressing characters as Australian soldiers
taking him to the moratorium march
slapping his face
dressing characters as Albanians
16
After setting another fire, Doug is
replaced in the opera by Lewis
attacked by Cherry
returned to the secure ward
all of the above
17
The idea of the play was developed by
Lewis's friend Nick
A social worker named Justin
An inmate named Roy
Lewis's girlfriend Lucy
18
The theatre they are going to use presents a problem because it has been
burnt in an explosion
flooded
trashed by vandals
burnt in a fire
19
A few inmates have answered the advertisement for the play. One of them is Doug who is
a pyromaniac
aggressive
all of the above
rude
20
Instead of a play, an inmate named Roy wants to perform Cosi Fan Tutte which is
a play by William Shakespeare
an opera by Puccini
a play by Louis Nowra
an opera by Mozart
21
Doug gives a lengthy speech explaining how he came to be in the institution. In drama this is a
soliloquy
prologue
epilogue
monologue
22
Where is "Cosi" set?
All of the above
A Sydney mental institution
A Melbourne mental institution
A theatre
23
What name was given to the Vietnam war protest marches of the early 70s?
Moratorium Marches
Protest marches
Anti-war rallies
Ban the bombs marches
24
Which answer is INCORRECT? Lewis is accompanied by his friend Nick who is
helping to organise the moratorium
receiving treatment for drug adiction
A directing his own play
A Uni student
25
Which event influences many of the characters?
WW 2
The invention of the internet
Vietnam War
The dropping of the atom bomb

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