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The Lower Depths | Quiz

Maxim Gorky
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The Lower Depths | Quiz

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1)

What does Luka say is the thing that a man loves? (from Act 2)

His home.
His alcohol.
A good woman.
A man's very soul.
2)

According to Luka's message, everyone lives for what? (from Act 4)

To have children.
In hope of a better life for himself.
To die.
To enjoy family.
3)

Why is Pepel told to run off? (from Act 2)

So he can start over without being known as a thief.
So that he is not arrested.
So that he can find his family.
So that he doesn't get stuck there.
4)

Who feels that Luka tells pleasant lies to make people feel better? (from Act 2)

The Baron.
Satine.
Bubnoff.
Pepel.
5)

Who breaks up the fight involving Kostilyoff? (from Act 2)

Satine.
Natasha.
Luka.
Vassilisa.
6)

What does the new setting look like in the third act? (from Act 3)

Doctors and nurses.
Garbage and weeds.
Appliances and table and chairs.
Just white walls.
7)

Who mocks Satine for telling all of his stories? (from Act 4)

The Actor.
Kostilyoff.
Tartar.
The Baron.
8)

Who says, "All men deserve respect, not pity"? (from Act 4)

The Actor.
The Baron.
Satine.
Kostilyoff.
9)

Who catches the cheater? (from Act 2)

Bubnoff.
Satine.
Nastya.
Tarter.
10)

Who asks if there is a God? (from Act 2)

The Baron.
Bubnoff.
Pepel.
Luka.
11)

Who had a plan at one point to kill his wife and boss? (from Act 3)

Satine.
The Actor.
Kostilyoff.
Bubnoff.
12)

What mistake did the storyteller have while telling the story in the third act? (from Act 3)

The lover's name changed.
How they met changed.
The location changed.
The ending changed.
13)

Who orders Kostilyoff out of the rooming house? (from Act 2)

Vassilisa.
Pepel.
Satine.
Natasha.
14)

What does Satine relate goodness to? (from Act 4)

The Criminal Code.
Going to church.
A report card.
A school child.
15)

Who does Luka tell Pepel that he should run off with? (from Act 2)

Vassilisa.
Nastya.
Satine.
Natasha.
16)

Who does Pepel profess his love to in the third act? (from Act 3)

Natasha.
The Actor.
Anna.
Nastya.
17)

What does Tartar relate goodness to? (from Act 4)

Koran.
A report card.
Bible.
The Criminal Code.
18)

Who claims that he can only speak the truth? (from Act 3)

The Baron.
The Actor.
Bubnoff.
Satine.
19)

Who gives the longest speech in the whole play? (from Act 4)

Bubnoff.
Satine.
The Actor.
The Baron.
20)

Who protects Nastya from being struck? (from Act 4)

The Actor.
Satine.
The Baron.
Kostilyoff.
21)

There were two characters that were porters. Which name below names one of the characters that was a porter? (from Act 2)

Natasha.
The Actor.
Satine.
Zob.
22)

When the man in Luka's second story found out that he was lied to, what did he do? (from Act 3)

Struck out at the man who told him the truth.
He moved on with his life.
He vowed to be truthful the rest of his life.
He sat and cried.
23)

Who is sitting nearby listening to the sad love story? (from Act 3)

Bubnoff, the Actor, and Satine.
Kostilyoff, Vassilisa, and Natasha.
Luka, the Baron, and Kleshtch.
Tartar, Pepel, and Anna.
24)

Where does Pepel say that he is going to run away to? (from Act 3)

Africa.
Ukraine.
Siberia.
Australia.
25)

What does Anna say about the possibility of Kleshthch feeling pained by Anna's condition? (from Act 2)

Anna dismisses it, saying Kleshtch caused it.
Anna tells Luka that Keshtch told her that.
Anna agrees.
Nothing, she cries.
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