New Emergency Final Flashcards

1
Q

Where is out town set

A

Grover’s corners, New Hampshire

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2
Q

Who wrote our town

A

Thornton wilder

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3
Q

In what year does the play begin

A

1901 to 1913

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4
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When the palm begins, what does the set look like

A

The stage is bare except for two tables, some chairs, a bench, and two trellises

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5
Q

Where was dr Gibbs when the play begins

A

Delivering twin babies

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6
Q

What does Mr. webb do for a living

A

Editor of the local newspaper

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7
Q

Where does Mrs Gibbs want to go for vacation

A

Paris

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8
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Which characters does the stage manager bring out to tell the audience about the town

A

Professor Willard and Mr. Webb

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9
Q

Who is the lady in the box

A

An actress placed in the audience

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10
Q

What gets deposited in the time capsule

A

Copy of the play our town, a Bible, and an issue of the sentinel.

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11
Q

What does George want to do after high school

A

Take over his uncles farm

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12
Q

From what affliction does the choirmaster suffer

A

Alcoholic

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13
Q

Choir song during play

A

Blessed be the tie that binds

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14
Q

What’s the weather like in the beginning of act 2

A

Raining

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15
Q

Three acts phases

A

1 act describes daily lives
2 act describes love and mirage
3rd act discusses death

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16
Q

Who gets married in act 2

A

George and Emily

17
Q

What does George play in high school

A

Baseball

18
Q

During the flashback in act 2 where does George take Emily after she accuses him of being stuck up

A

To get ice cream soda

19
Q

Who g3ts nervous before the wedding

A

George and Emily

20
Q

Main themes of our town

A

Mortality, appreciating life, companionship and marriage love and the ci4cle of life.

Appreciating life

21
Q

How does our town end

A

Newly weds running out of audience

22
Q

How did Emily die

A

Died in childbirth

23
Q

Who acts as the minister during the weeding

A

Stage manager

24
Q

What is Sam Craig’s relationship to Emily

A

Cousin

25
Q

What day for her early life does Emily decide to visit

A

Twelfth birthday

26
Q

What happens when Emily goes back to the cemetery to relive the past

A

She is unable to bear it and the turns to the cemitary

27
Q

Who leads easily back to the cemetery

A

Stage manager

28
Q

Who goes back and lays prostrate at Emily’s grave at the end of the play

A

George

29
Q

What is the Stage Manager’s final action

A

He winds his watch