Water by the Spoonful Quiz

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Who is Yazmin divorcing, and why? (from Scene 1)

William, because their marriage no longer feels exceptional or stimulating.

Professor Aman, because their relationship is inappropriate, given that they work together.

Elliot, because their relationship feels stuck in “mediocrity”.

Ginny, because Yazmin feels their relationship hinders her chances at academic success.

Which character’s experience of his / her true identity seems the furthest away from his/her condition at the end of the play, and why? (from Scene 15)

John’s, because he continues to be in denial about his addiction and refuses to acknowledge the need to help others in the same situation.

Elliot, because in the play’s final moments, he is still haunted by the memory / experience of the Ghost.

Chutes, because he hasn’t found the courage to acknowledge that his addiction is preventing him from knowing himself.

Odessa’s, because she has relapsed thoroughly into both her addiction and her guilt over the past.

What is the reason Orangutan gives for going to see the house where she was born? (from Scene 9)

She promised herself that if she had sixty days free of drug use, she was going to go see her house.

She wants to please her adoptive parents, who made her promise to visit the place where she was born.

She promised herself that if she had ninety days free of drug use, she was going to go see the house.

She wants to anger her adoptive parents, who told her to never go back to the house.

What is the metaphoric significance of Odessa turning the empty cup upside down? (from Scene 10, 11)

It suggests that she feels her despair about what happened with Elliot is over.

It suggests that she feels her own life is empty and useless.

It suggests that she feels hopeful about rebuilding a relationship with Elliot.

It suggests that she feels her relationship with Yazmin is empty and useless.

The play’s narrative point of view suggests that bad experiences / choices in the past, including addiction, can be what?

Impossible to escape.

Forgiven and forgotten.

Impossible to deal with.

Transcended and redeemed.