Fences Play
Rose reminds Troy to finish building what?
Fence.
Why did Cory give up the job?
Football season.
Cory was recruited by what college team?
Football.
What is the last thing that Gabe says?
" That's the way that goes."
How much money does Lyon ask him to borrow from Troy when he stops by on payday?
$10.
Cory and Troy make halfsies on a TV that costs?
$200.
How much did It cost to get Gabriel out of jail?
$50.
In what year was August Wilson born?
1945
Year Wilson won Pulitzer?
1987.
Troy won his case and what's his new job?
1st colored garbage truck driver.
The play is divided into how many acts?
2
On Troy's payday who shows up?
Bono.
What is Bono and Troy's deal after they will finish the fence?
Buy Rose the refrigerator which is called Lucille.
In context of black American music and literature Troy's song about trains symbolizes?
Change.
Who works on the fence?
Cory and Troy.
Who is Troy's wife?
Rose.
Who takes the call from the hospital about Alberta during childbirth?
Rose.
In the song Troy sings about riding trains who is being addressed?
Train engineer.
Who is Bono referring to when he says "done got tight"?
Troy and Alberta.
According to forms Gabe's money from the govt. will be evenly split between?
Troy and Gabe.
Troy tells Rose about the affair? T/F
True
What instrument does Gabe play, when no sound comes out?
Trumpet.
How much time passes between Opening Act of Play and Act 1 S4?
Two weeks.
In Troy's story what did his co-worker Bonnie attempt to hide under coat?
Watermelon.
Gabriel turns up from the funeral but how?
We don't know if he escaped or was released.
What fate does Gabriel foreshadow with his riddles about hellhounds?
Act 1 Scene 2, Troy.
In Troy's song about the old dog, what is the dog's name?
Blue.
Raynell and Troy sing which of Troy's songs?
Blues.
Character who works in the laundry at Mercy Hospital?
Bonnie.
Act 1 is composed of how many scenes?
4
Act 2 is composed of how many scenes?
5
Cory begs Troy to let him play football because?
A coach from N.C. came all the way from Pitt to see Cory play.
What causes Troy's strike 2?
A fight between him, Troy, and Rose, after Troy admitted to the affair.
What does Rose call Troy after informing him that she will not blame Raynell's for her fathers sins?
A womanless man.
Cory tells Troy that he gave away his job at what store?
A&P
Troy admits to Bono he is having an affair with who?
Alberta.
Troy swings what in the air taunting death?
Baseball bat.
In argument with Cory, Troy will not admit that Roberto Clements coaches give him plenty of chances to..?
Bat.
Rose tells Troy that Gabriel was taken to the asylum and why was he?
Because Troy couldn't read the papers and signed him away.
Why does Lyon show up at Troy's house?
Because it is payday.
Bono understands why Rose wants the fence, and why does he?
Because she loves Troy and wants to keep them close to her love.
Troy physically attacks who?
Cory.
Who is Troy and Rose's son?
Cory.
Troy and Bono's stories about their fathers are reflective of which theme?
Damage black manhood.
When no sound comes out what does he do instead?
Dances and makes a cry and the heavens go wide.
Who does Troy challenge after he finishes the fence?
Death
Why do Troy and Bono always go to Troy's house for a weekly ritual?
Drinking and talking.
What day does the play begin?
Friday which is Tony and Bone's payday.
The character who believes himself to be a biblical angel rather than a person?
Gabriel.
Name of a white neighborhood in which Troy drives a trash route through?
Greentree.
Wilson set Fences during which black ball player led the Milwaukee Braves to the World Series?
Hank Aaron.
What is Troy's response?
He warns that his insubordinate is "strike 1" against him.
How did Troy die?
Heart-attack.
Troy bails who out of jail?
His brother Gabriel.
Why does Cory come home enraged?
His father told him he will not play on the team to the coach.
6 months later where does Troy go?
Hospital to see Alberta who went into labor.
Troy and Cory's conflicting perspectives on the role of black athletes in profession sports are reflective of which theme?
Interpreting/inheriting history.
How does Act 1, Scene 4 begin?
It mirrors Scene 1 on a Friday.
What does Troy refer to as "Chinese music" because he finds it unfamiliar?
Jazz.
Troy goes into a long epic story about the struggle on which day?
July of 1943 with death.
Troy's description of the Devil as wearing a white hood is symbolic of what?
KKK.
Bono and Troy remember their fathers and their childhood experiences of doing what?
Leave the South and move North.
Troy insists that Cory do what?
Leave the house and provide for himself.
What is the numbers game that Rose and Lyons play?
Lottery.
Cory returns where from the funeral?
Marines.
Rose is named after a flower, a trait in common with August Wilsons who?
Mother.
Who did Troy ask why black employees aren't allowed to drive garbage trucks only lift it?
Mr. Rand.
Character who is Cory's boss at A&P?
Mr. Stanwick.
Troy was in what league but never got a chance to play in the MLB but he got to old when MLB started accepting blacks.
Negro Leagues.
Where does Troy sit with Raynell holding the baby singing a blues song?
On porch.
Troy's last name is a symbolic of how he lives on a line between?
Opposing ideals.
Which city did all of Wilson's plays take place?
Pitt.
What does Bono begin doing with a man named Skinner as his relationship with Troy grows distant?
Playing dominos.
What was Lyon's doing that caused him to miss Cory's graduation ceremony?
Playing jazz.
8 years later what is Raynell doing?
Plays in her newly planted garden.
What fruit does Gabriel sing a song about selling despite not having none in a basket?
Plums.
Troy bring home the baby, and what's her name?
Raynell
What does Troy not know how to do, that Lyon and Bono make fun of him for?
Read.
Alberta had a babygirl but what happened to her?
She died.
What Saint does Gabriel often refer to as though he knows him personally?
St. Peter.
Troy reveals that he knows something about Alberta when he mentions that she is from?
Tallahassee.
Name of bar where Troy goes to on Saturdays instead of building fence?
Taylors.
Cory is refusing to go to the funeral, but what does Rose say?
That not attending the funeral doesn't make him a man.
What does Cory point out about the house?
That the house should be owned by Gabriel whose government checks paid for most of the mortgage payments.
Rose takes Raynell as her own, but what does she not accept with Troy?
To be his wife again.
Troy tells Rose about a hearing in 3 weeks, and what does that mean?
To determine weather or not Gabriel should be recommitted to an asolyum.
What setting do Tony and Bono reach as Fences opens in which entire play?
Troy's yard.
What archetypal Shakespearean role does Gabriel play?
Wise fool.
Lloyd Richards who recognized Wilsons talent was Dean of?
Yale.
