The Playwright - WW - SP23

According to your textbook, a play is... (Select all that apply.)

• a work of art

• an exploration of history

• an oral tradition

• a metaphor

Where does the title of Joe Turner's Come and Gone come from?

(Select all that apply.)

• a character

• a historical figure

• a song

• a saying

Name something a playwright might take inspiration from, according to your textbook.

Answer explanation

Potential answers include:

personal experience

literature

history

art

music

philosophy

sciences

imagination

True or false:

Blues music influenced August Wilson’s theatrical interpretation of the Black experience in America.

• True

• False

According to the text, which these people were of primary importance to August Wilson’s journey of finding himself?

(Select all that apply.)

• James Baldwin

• Romare Bearden

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Bessie Smith

Which of the following contribute to the creation of a play?

(Select all that apply)

• playwright

• actors

• directors

• designers

The metaphor of ______ in Joe Turner’s Come and Gone represents the passage from the south to the north

Answer explanation

The Road

The 1910s were the beginning of the Great Migration.

True or false:

The blues served as a form of rebellion or resistance.

• True

• False

Joe Turner’s Come and Gone is about which of the following concepts?

(Select all that apply.)

• aftermath of slavery

• the Civil War

• the discovery of jazz music

• damage to the human spirit

Which type(s) of literature did August Wilson write?

(Select all the apply.)

• poetry

• song lyrics

• short stories

• plays