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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Charlie drinking in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Beer.
(b) Wine.
(c) Scotch.
(d) Cola.

2. What room is located at RIGHT on the first floor of the Weston home?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The guest bedroom.
(c) The study.
(d) The living room.

3. What is Beverly drinking while he interviews Johnna in the Prologue?
(a) Tea.
(b) Coffee.
(c) Wine.
(d) Whiskey.

4. Where do Barbara and Bill live?
(a) Tulsa.
(b) Boulder.
(c) Chattanooga.
(d) Miami.

5. Of her son, Mattie Fae says in Act 1, Scene 1, "Little Charles isn't complicated, he's just" what?
(a) "Uneducated."
(b) "Educated."
(c) "Unemployed."
(d) "Lazy."

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Violet Weston described in the stage directions?

2. To whose memory does Tracy Letts dedicate August: Osage County?

3. What is Charlie watching on television in Act 1, Scene 1?

4. What poet does Beverly quote with the line "The world is gradually becoming a place where I do not care to be anymore" in the Prologue?

5. What musician's album does Charlie discover by the stereo in Act 1, Scene 1?

(see the answer key)

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