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Duplicate of OUR TOWN: The Plot
Duplicate of OUR TOWN: The Plot
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1
What is The name of Act 3?
Death and Dying
Life is Beautiful
Love and Marriage
The Daily Life
2
What is the cause of Emily’s death?
Car Accident
Old Age
Cancer
Complications from Childbirth
3
How does Mrs. Gibbs die?
She got pneumonia while visiting Rebecca
She killed herself
She was run over by a horse
She had a heart attack
4
Who comes and lays in front of Emily’s grave Sobbing at the end of the play?
Stage Manager
Mr Webb
Mrs Webb
George
5
Constable Warren said that he had done this during Emily's flashback?
Pulled a drunk from freezing to death in a ditch.
Arresting two kids making out in the town park.
Waiting for prisoners from up state.
Checking all the building on main street.
6
What question does Emily ask her mother as they tend to the beans together?
Where do babies come from?
Do you like Wally?
Am I pretty Mama?
How old do you have to be before you can get married?
7
Who does the stage manager say has appreciated life while actually being alive?
People that read
Everybody
Actors
A few saints and poets
8
What day from her earthly life does Emily decide to revisit?
12th Birthday
Her Wedding Day
High School Graduation
The Day She Gave Birth to her First Child
9
Who is not dead in Act 3?
Rebecca
Mr. Stimson
Wally
Mrs. Soames
10
What do the people sitting in the chairs represent in the third act?
People attending the wedding
People that hated Emily and George
people who have died and are buried in the town cemetery.
People answering questions about the town
11
Where does Mrs. Gibbs want to take a vacation?
New York City
Rome
Paris
Florida
12
Why does Emily beg her father to let her stay home on the day of her wedding?
She is nervous and afraid that she will one day hate George
That she will die during childbirth
She will kill George.
That she would be a horrible wife.
13
In Act II flashback, where does George take Emily after she accuses him of being stuck up?
To Get and Ice Cream Soda
Home to his parents
To watch him play baseball
A Diner to have dinner
14
How did Simon Stimson die?
A piano fell on him
Old age
Suicide
His wife shot him
15
What is Mrs. Gibbs main complaint about her son at the beginning of the play?
That he plays baseball and could get hurt
That he isn't spending enough time studying
That he hasn't been doing his chores
That Emily keeps helping him with his homework
16
What does George want to do after high school?
Become a doctor
Become a teacher
Study at Harvard
Take over his uncle’s farm
17
What does a university professor tell the audience about?
the geological and anthropological history of the town
how the mountains around the town formed
what was wrong with the kids in the town
the history of the building in the town
18
In what year does the play begin?
1927
1860
1942
1901
19
How did Wally die?
Killed by a bear
Suicide
Heart Attack
His appendix burst
20
What does George tell his mother he is most afraid of just before he marries Emily?
He is afraid that she won't like him
He's afraid of growing old
That he will be a horrible husband
That he will die with out her taking care of him
21
Who acts as the minister at the wedding?
Constable Warren
Stage Manager
The Mayor
Mr. Soames
22
What does the Stage Manager says happens to the dead?
They like to haunt people.
They party.
They get weaned away from life.
They like to relive their lives
23
As the play begins, where has Dr. Gibbs been?
At a medical convention in Manchester
Delivering twin babies in Polish Town
Visiting a dying woman
Spending the night in a motel room
24
Who is the Lady in the Box?
The Stage Manager’s lovely assistant
An actress placed in the audience
George’s pet name for Emily when she sits by her window
A prisoner in the local jail
25
From what affliction does the choirmaster suffer?
Sadness over his father's death
Insomnia
Alcoholism
Cancer
26
What does George do when he visits Emily's grave?
He puts flowers on it.
He dances on it.
He lays face down on it.
He sings.
27
What title did the stage manager give Act 1?
Daily Life
Happy Ever After
Love and Marriage
Death and Dying
28
Which characters does the Stage Manager bring out to tell the audience facts about the town?
Professor Willard and Mr. Webb
Professor Willard and Mrs. Gibbs
George Gibbs and Mrs. Soames
Dr. Gibbs and Constable Warren
29
Who gets married in Act II?
Wally and Rebecca
Mr and Mrs Gibbs
George and Emily
George and Rebecca
30
What did Rebecca say that she loved?
Boys
Books
Money
Cars
31
What does Mrs. Gibbs want to do with her newly found $350?
Go to Africa
Go to Paris
Go to South America
Go to Rome
32
What sport does George play in high school?
Soccer
Baseball
Rugby
Basketball
33
What is the weather like at the beginning of Act II?
Sunny
Snowy
Rainy
Foggy
34
What does Mr. Webb do for a living?
He is the editor of the local newspaper
He is a selectman
He is a surgeon
He is a duck hunter
35
What did the Stage Manager want to put in the Time Capsule.
a copy of The New York Times
Grover's Corner Sentinel
Our Town
Shakespeare's plays
36
Where is
Our Town
set?
Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire
Amity Harbor, Washington
Spoon River, Illinois
Winesburg, Ohio
37
What happens when Emily goes back and relives the past?
She finds everything has changed
She decides to remain there
She realizes how boring life is
She is unable to bear it and returns to the cemetery
38
What is Howie Newsome?
The Mailman
The Milkman
The Police Officer
The Editor
