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What is Gooper's occupation?

(A) He is a planter

(B) He is a defense attorney

(D) He is a sports annoucer

What is the name of Skipper and Brick's pro football team?

(A) The Dixie Chicks

(B) The Dixie Stars

(D) The Dixie Cups

What happened to Big Daddy in Morocco?

(A) He was propositioned by a rent-boy

(B) He was fed to a man-eating plant

(D) He was propositioned by a child prostitute

What body part do Mae's children apparently lack?

(A) Chins

(B) Eyes

(D) Legs

What did Maggie buy Big Daddy for his birthday?

(A) A clock

(B) A chandelier

(D) A robe

Who is described as a cat at some point in the play?

(A) Maggie

(B) Mae

(D) All of the above

Daddy believes that he suffers from which of the following?

(A) A ruptured spleen

(B) A spastic colon

(D) Liver failure

What is the ostensible object of Brick's disgust?

(A) Mendacity

(B) Time

(D) Children

Where did Maggie and Brick go to school?

(A) Emory

(B) Old Miss

(D) Notre Dame

How old is Big Daddy?

(A) Seventy-five

(B) Fifty-five

(D) Sixty-five

Who was a cotton carnival queen?

(A) Maggie

(B) Big Mama

(D) Mae

What do the children sing to Big Daddy?

(A) Skinamarinka-dinka-dink

(B) My Heart Belongs to Daddy

(D) Yesterday Once More

What is Big Daddy's trademark word?

(A) Goddamn

(B) Shoot

(D) Crap

What is Big Mama's name?

(A) Polly

(B) Cornelia

(D) Ida

What were the names of the plantation's previous owners?

(A) Straw and Othello

(B) Straw and Ochello

(D) Othello and Sawyer

How many official versions of Cat are in circulation?

(A) Two

(B) Three

(D) One

Who directed the premiere of Cat?

(A) Burl Ives

(B) Richard Brooks

(D) Madeleine Sherwood

When did Brick start drinking?

(A) When Skipper died

(B) When Maggie slept with Skipper

(D) When Big Daddy got sick

Who confronted Skipper on his love for Brick?

(A) Brick

(B) Big Daddy

(D) Maggie

Who revealed this love to Brick?

(A) Maggie

(B) Big Daddy

(D) Mae

How does Maggie get Brick to sleep with her?

(A) Big Mama convinces Brick to impregnate her

(B) Big Daddy commands Brick to do so

(D) She tricks him into thinking she is Skipper

Who tells Big Daddy that he is dying?

(A) Gooper

(B) Big Mama

(D) Maggie

Who does Big Mama jostle in her lap?

(A) Big Daddy

(B) Mae

(D) Reverend Tooker

Who keeps calling from Memphis?

(A) Cornelia

(B) Sally

(D) Dixie

Who sleeps next to Maggie and Brick's room?

(A) Big Daddy and Big Mama

(B) Mae and Gooper

(D) The servants

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