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