Quiz  /  The Eugene O'Neill Universe Quiz

  • 1. 
    Which Eugene O’Neill play was produced posthumously?

  • Long Day’s Journey into Night
  • The Emperor Jones
  • The Iceman Cometh
  • Anna Christie

  • 2. 
    Which play, critiqued for its depictions of race, follows a Pullman porter’s journey to becoming a dictator of a tropical island?

  • The Hairy Ape
  • The Emperor Jones
  • Desire Under the Elms
  • The Iceman Cometh

  • 3. 
    Which play, inspired by Greek tragedy, is a family drama that features infanticide, incest, and revenge?

  • Desire Under the Elms
  • Long Day’s Journey into Night 
  • Anna Christie
  • Strange Interlude

  • 4. 
    Which play broke theatrical conventions by having characters speak in asides that revealed their hidden thoughts to the audience?

  • Strange Interlude
  • Ah, Wilderness!
  • Mourning Becomes Electra
  • Anna Christie

  • 5. 
    Which was Eugene O’Neill’s only comedy?

  • Ah, Wilderness!
  • The Long Voyage Home
  • The Hairy Ape
  • Bound East for Cardiff

  • 6. 
    Which play was based on the Oresteia trilogy by Aeschylus?

  • Desire Under the Elms
  • Long Day’s Journey into Night
  • The Emperor Jones
  • Mourning Becomes Electra

  • 7. 
    Which play, perhaps the most complex of O’Neill’s tragedies, is set entirely in a tavern?

  • Mourning Becomes Electra
  • The Iceman Cometh
  • Bound East for Cardiff
  • Strange Interlude

  • 8. 
    Which play, featuring a young woman’s reunion with her bargemaster father, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1928?

  • Bound East for Cardiff
  • The Long Voyage Home
  • Anna Christie
  • Ah, Wilderness!
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