Fences Act One

How much money does Lyons ask to borrow from Troy when he stops by on payday?

• 5 dollars

• 20 dollars

• 10 dollars

• 50 dollars

When Rose is hanging clothes to dry, in the first act, she sings a song. What song does she sing?

• Hallelujah

• Jesus Build Me a Fence

• Hear it Ring

• All Too Well (10 minute version)

Identify the literary element used in this quote: "Troy is usually the most talkative and at times he can be crude and almost vulgar, though he is capable of rising to profound heights of expression."

• Characterization

• Setting

• Allusion

• Irony

Identify the literary element used in this quote: "Death ain't nothing but a fastball on the outside corner."

• Metaphor

• Setting

• Characterization

• Personification

What is Troy's relationship with death?

• He claims to have "beat" it once and believes he can do it again

• Death is the one thing that he fears most

• He is forever angry with Death for taking loved ones away from him too early in life

• He intentionally avoids the topic and tries to never think of it

Which is the best description for what Troy says about Death?

• He describes death as impersonal, a force that no one can resist or avoid.

• He describes death as a wild animal that devours all it sees.

• He describes death as a polite gentleman, who invites people to ride with him to the afterlife.

• He describes death as an enemy, who struggled with and temporarily defeated.

Who says: "If you wanted to change me, you should have been there when I was growing up...You don't know nothing about how I was raised."

• Troy

• Rose

• Bono

• Lyons

The author of Fences is _______________.

• Langston Hughes

• August Wilson

• Lorraine Hansberry

• William Shakespeare

What, according to Troy, is "strike 1" for Cory?

• Hitting his father (Cory hitting Troy)

• Being disrespectful to his father (Cory to Troy)

• Skipping school

• Not doing his chores

What is the primary setting of Act One in 'Fences'?

• Troy's backyard

• A baseball field

• A church

• A school