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Closer Quiz

Patrick Marber

This Study Guide consists of approximately 51 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Closer.

Closer by Patrick Marber

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+Chapters Summary and Analysis

Scene 1

Scene 2

Scene 5

Scene 6

Scene 7

Scene 8

Scene 9

Symbols and Symbolism

Themes and Motifs

Styles

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Who does Dan ask to go to the country with him, and why is his choice significant? (from Scene 5)

Ruth: it's significant because it means he wants to get back together with her.

Alice: it's significant because he doesn't ask Anna, who is his girlfriend.

Anna: it's significant because he doesn't ask Alice, who is his girlfriend.

Larry: it's significant because he's trying to make friends with him.

2.

Who is Polly? (from Scene 12)

Anna's new assistant.

Larry's new girlfriend.

Dan's new girlfriend.

Alice's new identity.

3.

Given what the play has revealed about Alice up to this point (Scene 11), what do you think is the most likely reason that she refuses to let Dan see her passport? (from Scene 11)

Alice is sensitive about her appearance, and her photo really is bad.

It gives her real address, and she wants to keep it a secret.

It gives her real name, and she wants to keep it a secret.

Alice is sensitive about how naive she is, and doesn't want Dan to know how little she's traveled.

4.

Conversation Scene 1 refers to a memorial in a place called Postman's Park. What does the memorial commemorate? (from Scene 1)

People who survived difficult circumstances as the result of another person's sacrifice.

Mail carriers who were able to continue doing their jobs because of the sacrifices of other people.

People who sacrificed themselves to save the lives of other people.

Mail carriers who sacrificed themselves to ensure the mail was delivered.

5.

What moment earlier in the play seems to be metaphorically echoed by what Alice is looking at at the beginning of Scene 9? (from Scene 9)

The way Alice is treated by Larry when he refers to her in the aquarium scene with Anna (Scene 4).

The way Alice is treated by Dan when he refers to her in the chatroom in Scene 3.

Alice looking at a photograph of herself at the beginning of Scene 5.

Alice looking at a photograph of Anna at the beginning of Scene 5.

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