Our Town

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. What are the two primary roles of the Stage Manager in the play?

A) To guide the plot and control the characters

B) To control the characters and involve the audience

C) To involve the audience and apply stage props

D) To guide the plot and involve the audience

2. Which of the following adjectives best describes Emily’s character?

A) Honest

B) Brave

C) Calculating

D) Conceited

3. How does Mrs. Gibbs react to seeing Emily at the graveyard?

A) She attempts to help her.

B) She ignores her.

C) She becomes angry with her.

D) She becomes distraught.

4. Which of the following characters most closely demonstrates the repetitiveness of daily life?

A) The Stage Manager

B) Howie the Milkman

C) Simon Stimson

D) George Gibbs

5. Who believes that women who become teachers should stay teachers?

A) Emily Webb

B) Wally Webb

C) Joe Crowell

D) Doc Gibbs

6. Which of the following stage props is not used in the play?

A) A chair

B) A lamp

C) A table

D) A bed

7. What does the moon most likely symbolize?

A) The passing of time

B) The eternal cycle

C) A higher spiritual power

D) The love between George and Emily

8. Our Town is a play that most closely illustrates humanity’s lack of appreciation for: