The Philadelphia Story Short Question Test Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Act 1 Part 1

1. Where does the play open?

The Lord sitting room.

2. What is Tracy writing in the beginning of the play?

Thank-you notes.

3. Where did Dinah get the magazine she is reading in Act 1, Part 1?

Sandy's room.

4. What is Margaret carrying as she makes her entrance?

Gifts.

5. How does Margaret respond when Dinah says that the article she is reading, "stinks?"

She corrects her.

6. Where did Tracy elope with her first husband?

Maryland.

7. How does Dinah know that Dexter is back in town?

She saw his car.

8. What was the only trouble Dexter gave her, according to Tracy?

Marrying her.

9. Whose name will Margaret not tolerate hearing a word against?

Seth.

10. What have Margaret and Tracy not had very much success in, according to Margaret?

Being wives.

11. What does Tracy say both she...
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