Water by the Spoonful Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What is the most literal representation of the past “haunting” the present in the play?

The appearance of The Ghost to Elliot.

The appearance of William at Ginny’s funeral.

The appearance of The Policeman to Orangutan in Japan.

The appearance of Odessa in the chatroom.

2.

Which circumstance earlier in the play is referred to indirectly in Fountainhead’s comment in Scene 13 that Yazmin and Elliot have to go to Puerto Rico? (from Scene 13)

Ginny’s wish to have her ashes scattered in the country (Puerto Rico) from which she came.

Elliot’s father’s wish to return to visit the family in the wake of Ginny’s death.

Odessa’s wish to have her ashes scattered in the country (Puerto Rico) from which she came.

Yazmin’s desire to reconnect with her family in the aftermath of her divorce.

3.

Which of the chatroom characters is online when Elliot logs in pretending to be Haikumom? (from Scene 8)

Orangutan.

Fountainhead.

Haikumom.

Chutes and Ladders.

4.

Who are Madeleine and Buddy? (from Scene 15)

Odessa and John: Madeleine and Buddy are their new nicknames for each other.

Orangutan and Chutes: Madeleine and Buddy are their real names.

Yazmin and Elliot: Madeleine and Buddy are their new nicknames in the chatroom.

Ginny and Elliot’s dad: Madeleine and Buddy are their pet nicknames for each other.

5.

Why is it significant that The Ghost (seen for the first time in Scene 3) is played by the same actor as played Professor Aman? (from Scene 3)

Aman is Arab: having the same actor play him and The Ghost reinforces the importance of circumstance and situation to the quote.

Aman, like The Ghost, is a manifestation of Elliot’s past.

Aman is a colleague of Yazmin’s: having the same actor play him and the Ghost reinforces the importance of Yazmin’s past to Elliot’s recollections.

Aman is a manifestation of Yazmin’s past in the same way as The Ghost is a manifestation of Elliot’s past.

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