August Wilson Quiz

Question 1

How many awards did he win?

Accepted Answer

30

Question 2

When was August Wilson born?

Accepted Answer

April 27, 1945

Question 3

August Wilson dropped out of high school at 15.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Who is playing Zonia and Reuben ?

Accepted Answer

Christopher and Angelica

Question 5

What sport did Troy, in the play Fences, used to play?

Accepted Answer

Baseball

Question 6

Where did he receive his diploma?

Accepted Answer

Carnegie Library of Pennsylvania

Question 7

August Wilson’s life overlapped with who?

Accepted Answer

Anna

Question 8

Which one of his plays doesn’t take place in Pittsburgh?

Accepted Answer

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Question 9

Which art movement influenced him?

Accepted Answer

The Black Arts Movement

Question 10

He wrote ten plays?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Where does Joe Turner’s Come and Gone take place?

Accepted Answer

PIttsburgh

Question 12

What was the first play August Wilson wrote?

Accepted Answer

Jitney

Question 13

Joe Turner’s Come and Gone won a Pulitzer Prize.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

Who is playing Rose and Troy?

Accepted Answer

Daniel and Anna

Question 15

What was the time span in which he won his first award ?

Accepted Answer

1985-2010

Question 16

What show did he win his first award for?

Accepted Answer

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Question 17

His plays portray the struggles faced by African Americans against racism and prejudice?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

What was August Wilson’s cause of death?

Accepted Answer

Liver Cancer

Question 19

How many times did he get married?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 20

What Theater did he co-found

Accepted Answer

Black Horizons Theater

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