Water by the Spoonful Quiz

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What is the implication of the light shining down on Odessa in Scene 12? (from Scene 12)

That Ginny is coming to get her.

That Orangutan is ready to let her go.

That Elliot is ready to let her go.

That the afterlife is opening to her.

Who is Yazmin divorcing, and why? (from Scene 1)

Ginny, because Yazmin feels their relationship hinders her chances at academic success.

Professor Aman, because their relationship is inappropriate, given that they work together.

William, because their marriage no longer feels exceptional or stimulating.

Elliot, because their relationship feels stuck in “mediocrity”.

What is the most likely reason that, at the end of the lecture, Yazmin says her first music lesson was only seven minutes long? (from Scene 3)

That was the length of time it took to play her composition for the teacher who taught her about dissonance.

That was the length of her time with the teacher who taught her about the true music in “dissonance”.

She left in anger when her teacher said she didn’t understand music.

She left in anger when her teacher said he hated her composition.

Which character’s experience of his / her true identity seems the furthest away from his/her condition at the end of the play, and why? (from Scene 15)

Odessa’s, because she has relapsed thoroughly into both her addiction and her guilt over the past.

Elliot, because in the play’s final moments, he is still haunted by the memory / experience of the Ghost.

Chutes, because he hasn’t found the courage to acknowledge that his addiction is preventing him from knowing himself.

John’s, because he continues to be in denial about his addiction and refuses to acknowledge the need to help others in the same situation.

What is the most likely reason that Chutes is so insistent that Fountainhead be the one to take care of Odessa? (from Scene 13)

Fountainhead is both physically nearby and the one most in need of Odessa’s inspiration.

Chutes is afraid that if Odessa is left to the care of Elliot, that she will die.

Fountainhead is both physically nearby and the one further enough in recovery to be responsible.

Chutes is afraid of becoming more connected to Odessa than he already is.