0520 Quiz - Our Town

What does this quotation reveal about the stage manager? “There’s Doc Gibbs comin’ down Main Street now, comin’ back from that baby case. And here’s his wife comin’ downstairs to get breakfast…. Doc Gibbs died in 1930. The new hospital’s named after him. Mrs. Gibbs died first long time ago, in fact.

• The stage manager is related to Doc Gibbs
• The stage manager is from Grover's Corners
• The stage manager is omniscient (all-knowing)
• The narrator does not break the 4th wall

What happens between Act 1 and Act 2?

• Nothing. Act 2 starts where Act 1 left off.
• Three years have passed.
• Five years have passed.
• Nine years have passed.

Act 1 is about …

• a normal day in Grover's Corners.
• George and Emily getting married.
• Emily dying.

Act 2 is about …

• a normal day in Grover's Corners.
• George and Emily getting married.
• Emily dying.

Act 3 is about …

• a normal day in Grover's Corners.
• George and Emily getting married.
• Emily dying.

What happens between Act 2 and Act 3?

• Nothing. Act 2 starts where Act 1 left off.
• Three years have passed.
• Five years have passed.
• Nine years have passed.

What is the theme of: "Live people don't understand, do they?" (The dead discuss how live people don’t understand what it means to be alive or dead and how they are too consumed in themselves to understand this concept.)

• Enjoy life while you live it. Do not take life for granted.
• Community plays a role in shaping our decisions and actions.
• Be who you are going to be, not what others want you to be.

What is the theme of: “Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? Every, every minute?" (Emily asks the

Stage Manager if any human being is truly aware of how wonderful it is to be alive.)

• Enjoy life while you live it. Do not take life for granted.

• Community plays a role in shaping our decisions and actions.

• Be who you are going to be, not what others want you to be.

What is the theme of: “Oh, Mama, just look at me one minute as though you really saw me. Mama, fourteen years have gone by. I'm dead. You're a grandmother, Mama. I married George Gibbs, Mama. Wally's dead, too. Mama, his appendix burst on a camping trip to North Conway. We felt just terrible about it don't you remember? But, just for a moment now we're all together. Mama, just for a moment we're happy. Let's look at one another.” (Emily tries to talk to her mother about all the things that happened after her 12th birthday.)

• Enjoy life while you live it. Do not take life for granted.
• Community plays a role in shaping our decisions and actions.
• Be who you are going to be, not what others want you to be.

What is the theme of: “Wherever you come near the human race there’s layers and layers of nonsense.” (Stage Manager makes an observation about people and their silliness.)

• Enjoy life while you live it. Do not take life for granted.
• Community plays a role in shaping our decisions and actions.
• Be who you are going to be, not what others want you to be.