A Delicate Balance: A Play | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Act 1, Friday Night

1. What is the format of A DELICATE BALANCE?

A play

2. How many acts are in this play?

3

3. What is the location of the play?

Suburbs

4. What is the setting for Act 1?

Living room

5. Who is the main female character?

Agnes

6. Who is the main male character?

Tobias

7. What is the relationship between Agnes and Tobias?

Married

8. How old is Agnes?

Late 50s

9. How old is Tobias?

Early 60s

10. What is Agnes pondering as Act 1 begins?

What it would be like to go mad.

11. According to Agnes, if you can entertain the idea of going mad, ________________________________.

there is probably not any danger of it happening.

12. Agnes feels that going mad would be very _______________.

liberating

13. Tobias tells Agnes that she _________________________.

is the sanest person he knows.

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