Fences Study Guide
TROY AND BONO'S STORIES ABOUT THEIR FATHERS ARE REFLECTIVE OF WHICH THEME?
DAMAGED BLACK MANHOOD
WHAT DOES GAB DO WHEN HIS TRUMPET FAILS TO PLAY?
DANCES AND MAKES A CRY
WHAT DOES BONO AND TROY STOP DOING TOGETHER?
DRINKING AND WORKING
WHAT SPORT IS CORY RECRUITED TO PLAY IN COLLEGE?
FOOTBALL
ON WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK DOES FENCES BEGIN?
FRIDAY
WHICH CHARACTER SOMETIMES BELIEVES HIMSELF TO BE A BIBLICAL ANGEL RATHER THAN A PERSON?
GABRIEL
WHAT IS TROY'S PROMOTION?
HE BECOMES A GARBAGE TRUCK DRIVER
WHY DID TROY ACCIDENTALLY SIGN THE PAPERS THAT PERMITTED GABE TO BE SENT TO A MENTAL HOSPITAL?
HE COULDN'T READ THE PAPERS
WHAT DOES CORY DO AFTER HIGH SCHOOL?
HE JOINS THE MARINES
WHY DIDN'T TROY GET TO PLAY IN THE MAJOR LEAGUE?
HE WAS TOO OLD BY THE TIME THEY ACCEPTED BLACK PLAYERS.
HOW DOES TROY DIE?
HEART ATTACK
TROY AND CORY'S CONFLICTING PERSPECTIVES ON THE ROLE OF BLACK ATHLETES IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS ARE REFLECTIVE OF WHICH THEME?
INTERPRETING/ INHERITING HISTORY
HOW DOES TROY'S PAST AFFECT HIS FUTURE IN FENCES?
IT AFFECTS HIS FUTURE IN ALMOST EVERY POSSIBLE SENSE, FROM HOW HE APPRECIATES HIS DAY TO DAY EXISTENCE TO HOW HE TREATS HIS FAMILY. HE IS CONSTANTLY DEPRESSED BY HIS UNREALIZED POTENTIAL.
TROY'S LAST NAME IS SYMBOLIC OF HOW HE LIVES ON A LINE BETWEEN—-?
OPPOSING IDEALS.
WHAT SAINT DOES GABRIEL THINK HE TALKS TO?
PETER
WHAT MADE TROY SICK ENOUGH TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL IN 1941?
PNEUMONIA
WHAT KIND OF PROFESSIONAL MEN ARE TROY AND BONO?
SANITATION WORKER
WHY DOES ROSIE DECIDE TO CARE FOR RAYNELL?
SHE DECIDES RAYNELL IS INNOCENT OF TROY'S SINS.
CORY AND RAYNELL DO WHAT TOGETHER?
SING
WHERE DO TROY AND BONO MEET ALBERTA?
TAYLOR'S
WHERE IS CORY SUPPOSED TO WORK AFTER SCHOOL?
THE A&P SUPERMARKET
HOW ARE GABRIEL AND TROY RELATED?
THEY ARE SIBLINGS
WHICH CHARACTER IS CENTRAL TO ALL THE RELATIONSHIPS DEPICTED IN THE PLAY?
TROY
WHOSE FATE DOES GABRIEL FORESHADOW WITH HIS RIDDLES ABOUT HELLHOUNDS IN ACT 1 SCENE 2?
TROY
HOW MANY YEARS PAST BETWEEN THE OPENING OF THE PLAY AND ITS FINAL ACT?
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WHICH CHARACTER DIES IN CHILDBIRTH?
ALBERTA
IN WHAT SPORT DID TROY MISS HIS OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY PROFESSIONALLY, FUELING HIS BITTERNESS?
BASEBALL
WHAT SPORT DID TROY PLAY?
BASEBALL
WHY WASN'T TROY OK WITH CORY PLAYING FOOTBALL?
BECAUSE TROY IS STILL THINKING OF HOW THEY DID HIM AND BELIEVES THERE IS NO FUTURE FOR A BLACK MAN IN SPORTS.
WHICH CHARACTER WORKS IN THE LAUNDRY AT MERCY HOSPITAL?
BONNIE
WHO ORIGINALLY KNOWS ABOUT TROY'S AFFAIR WITH ALBERTA?
BONO
WHAT HOUSEHOLD TASK IS TROY SUPPOSED TO PERFORM FOR ROSE, WHICH TAKES ON SYMBOLIC MEANING?
BUILD A FENCE
WHAT ARCHETYPAL ANTAGONIST DOES TROY LIKE TO TELL STORIES OF HAVING ONCE BATTED AGAINST?
DEATH
WHERE DID TROY MEET BONO?
JAIL
WHAT KIND OF MUSIC DOES LYONS PLAY?
JAZZ
ROSE IS NAMED AFTER A FLOWER, A TRAIT IN COMMON WITH AUGUST WILSONS?
MOTHER
WHICH CHARACTER IS CORY'S BOSS AT THE A&P?
MR. STAWICKI
WHERE DID TROY GROW UP?
SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH
WHAT ARCHETYPAL, SHAKESPEAREAN ROLE DOES GABRIEL PLAY?
THE WISE FOOL
