Major Barbara -- Quiz

What is Andrew Undershaft's motto?

(A) If God gave the hand, let not man withhold the sword
(B) All have the right to fight: none have the right to judge
(C) Unashamed
(D) Peace shall not prevail save with a sword in her hand


What is the inscription on the dome of the Labor Church in Perivale St. Andrews?

(A) If God gave the hand, let not man withhold the sword
(B) No man is good enough to be another man's master
(C) To man the weapon: the heaven the victory
(D) All have the right to fight: none have the right to judge


What is the name of Bill Walker's girl?

(A) Jenny
(B) Sarah
(C) Rummy
(D) Mog


Who is Lord Saxmundham?

(A) Andrew Undershaft
(B) Lazarus
(C) Horace Bodger
(D) Todger Fairmille


What does Barbara's name mean?

(A) Beauty
(B) Wisdom
(C) Soulfulness
(D) Loveliness


What is Lady Britomart's maiden name?

(A) Saxmundham
(B) Undershaft
(C) Fairmille
(D) Stevenage


What does Undershaft identify as necessary to salvation?

(A) Baptism and first communion
(B) Money and gunpowder
(C) Money and intelligence
(D) Money and rage


What does Undershaft identify as the worst of crimes?

(A) Poverty
(B) Theft
(C) Hypocrisy
(D) Weakness


What does Horace Bodger produce?

(A) Arms
(B) Liquor
(C) Coal
(D) Bread


What instrument does Lomax play in Act I?

(A) The drum
(B) The piano
(C) The harpsichord
(D) The concertina


When was the Undershaft firm founded?

(A) During the reign of Elizabeth I
(B) During the reign of Victoria I
(C) During the reign of James II
(D) During the reign of James I


What job does Peter Shirley take at the foundry?

(A) Gatekeeper
(B) Gravedigger
(C) Foreman
(D) Driver


What is the name of Lady Britomart's butler?

(A) Bilton
(B) Morrison
(C) Fairmille
(D) Jeeves


What does Undershaft consider the "final test" of conviction?

(A) Power
(B) Justice
(C) Love
(D) Killing


What play does Cusins quote in Act II?

(A) Antigone
(B) The Bacchae
(C) Oedipus at Colonnus
(D) Medea


In Act II, Mrs. Baines mentions a London riot to Undershaft? When were they?

(A) In the 1900s
(B) In the 1880s
(C) In the 1850s
(D) In the 1920s


Where do Cusins's parents reside?

(A) Canada
(B) India
(C) Australia
(D) New Zealand


What profession does Undershaft suggest to Stephen?

(A) He suggests he become a politician
(B) He suggests that he write
(C) He suggests that he become a philosopher
(D) He suggests that he go into law


What instrument does Undershaft play?

(A) The drum
(B) The concertina
(C) The trumpet
(D) The trombone


Who steals Bill Walker's money?

(A) Rummy Mitchens
(B) Jenny Hill
(C) Snobby Price
(D) Peter Shirley


What is Lomax's religion?

(A) He is an atheist
(B) He is Catholic
(C) He is Anglican
(D) He is agnostic


Undershaft agrees to how much of Cusins's proposed starting salary?

(A) Half
(B) Three-quarters
(C) Three-fifths
(D) All of it


Who does Barbara ask for at the end of play?

(A) God
(B) Undershaft
(C) Cusins
(D) Lady Britomart


What is Cusins' first name?

(A) Charles
(B) Adolphus
(C) Horace
(D) Andrew


What is Rummy short for?

(A) Romele
(B) Romola
(C) Rumula
(D) Rumali