The Phantom Tollbooth, The Phantom Tollbooth
What gift does the Dischord give to Milo?
A box of laughter
What does Azaz give Milo to protect himself on his journey?
A box of letters
What does the Mathemagician give Milo as a gift?
A small version of his own magic staff
How much times passes in the real world while Milo is off in the Lands Beyond?
An hour
How does Milo escape the Senses Taker?
He uses his "sense of humor" and opens the bottle of laughter from Dr. Dischord
How was Tock able to help them escape the castle in the air?
He was able to make time fly.
Character who is a little man covered in ink and writes with a long quill pen. He asks lots of questions: When you were born? how old are you now? how old were you then?...
Senses Taker
scenery and props in a play
Set
Held once a week in Dictionopolis; where you buy and sell words
Word Market
When Milo goes through the tollbooth, where does he travel?
the Road to Dictionopolis
when a character on stage speaks directly to the audience
Aside
Why didn't Azaz tell Milo his mission was impossible?
Because Milo only could have accomplished it if he didn't know it was impossible
Why did Azaz and the Mathemagician banish Rhyme and Reason?
Because they said letters and numbers were equally important
Turning off of the stage lighting to separate scenes in a play or end a play or a skit
Blackout
conversation within a text
Dialogue
The place where all words are born.
Dictionopolis
The place where all numbers come from
Digitopolis
character with 12 different faces
Dodecahedron
No laughing, or thinking, or doing anything at all here
Doldrums
Character who likes bad sounds.
Dr. Kakafonous A. Dischord
The place where "you must always go to before you get to where you are going"
Expectations
Character who is a little furry creature who pretends to be bigger than he is: "I don't mean what I say; I don't mean what I do; and I don't mean what I am."
Insincerity
Sleepy characters that spend their days just lounging around
Lethargarians
Which of the following is an appropriate theme statement for the play?
Many things are possible when you put your mind to it.
Character who travels from his bedroom to a new land.
Milo
The setting of Act 1 Scene 1 (first scene of the play)
Milo's bedroom
a long speech by one actor in a play
Monologue
Who wrote the novel?
Norton Juster
the prop that helps Milo get the princesses out of the Castle-in-the-Air
Package of Letters
She says, "You must never be afraid to make mistakes, as long as you learn from them."
Princess Reason
The place where you eat your words
Royal Banquet
What is the one thing the Senses Taker can't get from Milo?
Sense of humor
Who wrote the play?
Susan Nanus
Character who makes you do pointless jobs, so you forget to do important things: "move this pile of sand from here to there...use a needle to dig a hole in this cliff."
Terrible Trivium
Which of the following was the first character Milo encountered and lost his way?
The Whether Man
How does Milo get out of the Doldrums?
Thinks really hard
a clock that turns into a dog
Tock
How did Milo's character change throughout the play?
bored to excited