American Playwrights MCQs with Answer
Who wrote the play “Death of a Salesman”?
a) Tennessee Williams
b) Arthur Miller
c) Eugene O’Neill
d) Edward Albee
Answer: b) Arthur Miller
Which playwright wrote “A Streetcar Named Desire”?
a) Tennessee Williams
b) August Wilson
c) Edward Albee
d) Lorraine Hansberry
Answer: a) Tennessee Williams
Who is the author of the play “Long Day’s Journey into Night?
a) Edward Albee
b) Tennessee Williams
c) Eugene O’Neill
d) Arthur Miller
Answer: c) Eugene O’Neill
Which playwright wrote “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”?
a) Arthur Miller
b) Lorraine Hansberry
c) Edward Albee
d) Tennessee Williams
Answer: c) Edward Albee
Who wrote the play “Fences”?
a) Lorraine Hansberry
b) Arthur Miller
c) August Wilson
d) Tennessee Williams
Answer: c) August Wilson
Which playwright wrote “The Glass Menagerie”?
a) Lorraine Hansberry
b) Tennessee Williams
c) Arthur Miller
d) Edward Albee
Answer: b) Tennessee Williams
Who is the author of the play “Raisin in the Sun”?
a) Tennessee Williams
b) Arthur Miller
c) Edward Albee
d) Lorraine Hansberry
Answer: d) Lorraine Hansberry
Which playwright wrote “The Crucible”?
a) Tennessee Williams
b) Arthur Miller
c) Edward Albee
d) Lorraine Hansberry
Answer: b) Arthur Miller
Who wrote the play “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”?
a) Lorraine Hansberry
b) Tennessee Williams
c) Arthur Miller
d) Edward Albee
Answer: b) Tennessee Williams
Which playwright wrote “August: Osage County”?
a) Arthur Miller
b) Lorraine Hansberry
c) Tracy Letts
d) Tennessee Williams
Answer: c) Tracy Letts
Who is the author of the play “Doubt: A Parable”?
a) Edward Albee
b) Arthur Miller
c) Tennessee Williams
d) John Patrick Shanley
Answer: d) John Patrick Shanley
Which playwright wrote “The Iceman Cometh”?
a) Tennessee Williams
b) Lorraine Hansberry
c) Edward Albee
d) Eugene O’Neill
Answer: d) Eugene O’Neill
Who wrote the play “The Piano Lesson”?
a) August Wilson
b) Lorraine Hansberry
c) Arthur Miller
d) Edward Albee
Answer: a) August Wilson
Which playwright wrote “A Raisin in the Sun”?
a) Lorraine Hansberry
b) Tennessee Williams
c) Edward Albee
d) August Wilson
Answer: a) Lorraine Hansberry
Who is the author of the play “The Zoo Story”?
a) Edward Albee
b) Tennessee Williams
c) Arthur Miller
d) Lorraine Hansberry
Answer: a) Edward Albee
Which playwright wrote “Glengarry Glen Ross”?
a) Arthur Miller
b) Edward Albee
c) Tennessee Williams
d) David Mamet
Answer: d) David Mamet
Who wrote the play “Angels in America”?
a) Tony Kushner
b) Lorraine Hansberry
c) Arthur Miller
d) Tennessee Williams
Answer: a) Tony Kushner
Which playwright wrote “Wit”?
a) Tennessee Williams
b) Lorraine Hansberry
c) Edward Albee
d) Margaret Edson
Answer: d) Margaret Edson
Who is the author of the play “The Flick”?
a) Annie Baker
b) Tennessee Williams
c) Edward Albee
d) Lorraine Hansberry
Answer: a) Annie Baker
Which playwright wrote “Topdog/Underdog”?
a) August Wilson
b) Lorraine Hansberry
c) Suzan-Lori Parks
d) Tennessee Williams
Answer: c) Suzan-Lori Parks
Who wrote the play “The Odd Couple”?
a) Edward Albee
b) Tennessee Williams
c) Arthur Miller
d) Neil Simon
Answer: d) Neil Simon
Which playwright wrote “A Doll’s House”?
a) Arthur Miller
b) Edward Albee
c) Henrik Ibsen
d) Tennessee Williams
Answer: c) Henrik Ibsen
Who is the author of the play “The Children’s Hour?
a) Edward Albee
b) Lorraine Hansberry
c) Arthur Miller
d) Lillian Hellman
Answer: d) Lillian Hellman
Which playwright wrote “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds?
a) Tennessee Williams
b) Lorraine Hansberry
c) Paul Zindel
d) Edward Albee
Answer: c) Paul Zindel
Who wrote the play “Proof”?
a) Edward Albee
b) Tennessee Williams
c) David Auburn
d) Arthur Miller
Answer: c) David Auburn
Which playwright wrote “The Children’s Hour”?
a) Lorraine Hansberry
b) Edward Albee
c) Arthur Miller
d) Tennessee Williams
Answer: d) Tennessee Williams
Who is the author of the play “The Crucible”?
a) Arthur Miller
b) Lorraine Hansberry
c) Edward Albee
d) Tennessee Williams
Answer: a) Arthur Miller
Which playwright wrote “The Iceman Cometh”?
a) Tennessee Williams
b) Lorraine Hansberry
c) Edward Albee
d) Eugene O’Neill
Answer: d) Eugene O’Neill
Who wrote the play “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”?
a) Lorraine Hansberry
b) Tennessee Williams
c) Arthur Miller
d) Edward Albee
Answer: b) Tennessee Williams
Which playwright wrote “August: Osage County”?
a) Arthur Miller
b) Lorraine Hansberry
c) Tracy Letts
d) Tennessee Williams
Answer: c) Tracy Letts
Who is the author of the play “Doubt: A Parable”?
a) Edward Albee
b) Arthur Miller
c) Tennessee Williams
d) John Patrick Shanley
Answer: d) John Patrick Shanley
Which playwright wrote “The Iceman Cometh”?
a) Tennessee Williams
b) Lorraine Hansberry
c) Edward Albee
d) Eugene O’Neill
Answer: d) Eugene O’Neill
Who wrote the play “The Piano Lesson”?
a) August Wilson
b) Lorraine Hansberry
c) Arthur Miller
d) Edward Albee
Answer: a) August Wilson
Which playwright wrote “A Raisin in the Sun”?
a) Lorraine Hansberry
b) Tennessee Williams
c) Edward Albee
d) August Wilson
Answer: a) Lorraine Hansberry
Who is the author of the play “The Zoo Story”?
a) Edward Albee
b) Tennessee Williams
c) Arthur Miller
d) Lorraine Hansberry
Answer: a) Edward Albee
Which playwright wrote “Glengarry Glen Ross”?
a) Arthur Miller
b) Edward Albee
c) Tennessee Williams
d) David Mamet
Answer: d) David Mamet
Who wrote the play “Angels in America”?
a) Tony Kushner
b) Lorraine Hansberry
c) Arthur Miller
d) Tennessee Williams
Answer: a) Tony Kushner
Which playwright wrote “Wit”?
a) Tennessee Williams
b) Lorraine Hansberry
c) Edward Albee
d) Margaret Edson
Answer: d) Margaret Edson
Who is the author of the play “The Flick”?
a) Annie Baker
b) Tennessee Williams
c) Edward Albee
d) Lorraine Hansberry
Answer: a) Annie Baker
Which playwright wrote “Topdog/Underdog”?
a) August Wilson
b) Lorraine Hansberry
c) Suzan-Lori Parks
d) Tennessee Williams
Answer: c) Suzan-Lori Parks
Who wrote the play “The Odd Couple”?
a) Edward Albee
b) Tennessee Williams
c) Arthur Miller
d) Neil Simon
Answer: d) Neil Simon
Which playwright wrote “A Doll’s House”?
a) Arthur Miller
b) Edward Albee
c) Henrik Ibsen
d) Tennessee Williams
Answer: c) Henrik Ibsen
Who is the author of the play “The Children’s Hour”?
a) Edward Albee
b) Lorraine Hansberry
c) Arthur Miller
d) Lillian Hellman
Answer: d) Lillian Hellman
Which playwright wrote “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds”?
a) Tennessee Williams
b) Lorraine Hansberry
c) Paul Zindel
d) Edward Albee
Answer: c) Paul Zindel
Who wrote the play “Proof”?
a) Edward Albee
b) Tennessee Williams
c) David Auburn
d) Arthur Miller
Answer: c) David Auburn
Which playwright wrote “The Children’s Hour”?
a) Lorraine Hansberry
b) Edward Albee
c) Arthur Miller
d) Tennessee Williams
Answer: d) Tennessee Williams
Who is the author of the play “The Crucible”?
a) Arthur Miller
b) Lorraine Hansberry
c) Edward Albee
d) Tennessee Williams
Answer: a) Arthur Miller
Which playwright wrote “The Iceman Cometh”?
a) Tennessee Williams
b) Lorraine Hansberry
c) Edward Albee
d) Eugene O’Neill
Answer: d) Eugene O’Neill
Who wrote the play “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”?
a) Lorraine Hansberry
b) Tennessee Williams
c) Arthur Miller
d) Edward Albee
Answer: b) Tennessee Williams
Which playwright wrote “August: Osage County”?
a) Arthur Miller
b) Lorraine Hansberry
c) Tracy Letts
d) Tennessee Williams
Answer: c) Tracy Letts