Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

Act I

Reading Check

1. How does Martha respond when George asks why the guests are coming over so late?

2. What does George accuse Martha of doing “all the time?”

3. Which attribute does Martha like most about George?

4. Which departments are George and Nick in?

5. What happened to the professor who died in the cafeteria?

6. What is Albee’s stage direction for Martha’s re-entrance to her guests?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. Who are Nick and Honey? How does Martha describe them to George?

2. After Nick and Honey arrive, George uses two objects to reference Martha’s mental state. What are these objects and how do they correlate to her mind?

3. What does the audience learn about Martha’s father? How has he brought the current group of guests together?

4. Describe the mood of the conversation between George and Nick. What does Nick try to do and how does George respond?

5. What two pieces of information does Honey share upon her re-entrance to the men’s conversation? How does George react?

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