Orpheus Descending | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Prologue

1. Where is the play set?

A dry-goods store.

2. What is gilded on the window of the set?

Torrence Mercantile Store.

3. What is on the drapery over the entrance to the alcove?

Birds.

4. Who does Dolly speak to in the Prologue?

Beulah.

5. Who is returning from the hospital in the Prologue?

Jabe.

6. What does Dolly compare Lady and Jabe's bedrooms to?

A jail.

7. Who does Beulah say Lady's heart was broken by?

The Cutrere boy.

8. What is the name of the county in which the play is set?

Two River.

9. Who is Dolly's husband?

Dog.

10. Who is Beulah's husband?

Pee Wee.

11. Who is Sheriff Talbott married to?

Vee.

12. What is Carol Cutrere's brother's name?

David.

13. What does Beulah say Lady's father had?

A monkey.

14. Where was Lady's father from?

Italy.

15. What did the...
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