Harold Pinter Quizzes

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In Pinter’s Nobel address, “Art, Truth and Politics,” he quotes something he said in 1958: what are the missing words? (only two words are needed to fill all four blanks.) A thing is not necessarily either ______ or ______; it can be both _____ and ______.'
True false
He always starts off by calling characters
A B C
The first line of The Homecoming is 'What have you done with the scissors?' How does Pinter use this line (and another first line, “Dark,”) in his Nobel address to illustrate how he writes plays?
Always writes first line first then goes from there
In The Room, a man comes up from the basement (or so it seems) to visit Rose/Mrs. Hudd. Who is this solo visitor?
A blind negro man named Riley
What is the gist or essence of Bert/Mr. Hudd’s dialogue with his wife before he leaves to drive the van?
Guy never talks - its all meg
What is wrong with the room in the basement in Rose Hudd’s opinion?
Cold and damp
What does Pinter say specifically about sermonizing in the theatre?
AVOID!
Where does Stanley claim to have played piano?
All around the world
What is in the van according to Stan?
Wheelbarrow
Where does Stan want to go with Lulu?
Nowhere
What did Goldberg call his son?
Emmanuel, Manny, Timmy
What does Petey do for a living?
Desk chair attendant
What is McCann doing at beginning of Act 2
Sitting tearing newspaper
Lulu sits in ...'s lap
Goldbergs
What game do they play
Blind man's bluff