(Fences) What happens when Gabriel blows his trumpet at the end of the play?
  • abolition of slavery
  • No sound comes out.
  • garbage man
  • Marines
Tyler Perry's first "urban circuit" play I Know I've Been Changed was an instant success.
  • True
  • False
(Fences) What does Troy do for a living?
  • No sound comes out.
  • Football
  • garbage man
  • prison
Black actors never appeared in minstrel shows.
  • True
  • False
(Fences) Cory serves in which branch of the military at the end of the play?
  • prison
  • Lyons
  • No sound comes out.
  • Marines
The first popularly known blackface minstrel character was __________.
  • Jim Crow
  • Al Jolson
  • Marines
  • prison
In the interview with August Wilson, what does he say is communicated with blues music?
  • Negro Ensemble Company
  • No sound comes out.
  • Beauty and nobility.
  • abolition of slavery
Which answer is NOT true of "urban circuit" plays and musicals?
  • Negro Ensemble Company
  • Producers embrace the name "chitlin' circuit"
  • premiered on Broadway in 1921
  • another name for the Black Vaudeville circuit
(Fences) Where did Troy learn to play baseball?
  • garbage man
  • Lyons
  • Marines
  • prison
(Fences) Which character usually only visits to borrow money?
  • Al Jolson
  • Marines
  • Lyons
  • prison
What political agenda gave rise to the early popularity of minstrel shows?
  • No sound comes out.
  • premiered on Broadway in 1921
  • Beauty and nobility.
  • abolition of slavery
"The River Niger" and "A Soldier's Play" were very successful plays originally produced by _________.
  • Negro Ensemble Company
  • No sound comes out.
  • Beauty and nobility.
  • premiered on Broadway in 1921
The most popular blackface artist of the 20th century was _______.
  • Marines
  • Al Jolson
  • Lyons
  • Jim Crow
(Fences) Who does Troy think sold him the furniture in his house?
  • True
  • garbage man
  • return to the simple life of the plantation
  • The Devil.
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