Hosted
by
Mrs. Murzenski
Quotations
Introduction
Characters/
Setting
Literary
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What is Brian to Gale in Gale’s basement
after the injury?
“I’m number one guy,
but for all the wrong reasons.”
Row 1, Col 1
What is a beat?
pause
1,2
Who is Gale Sayers?
Known as Kansas Comet
1,3
What is a simile?
“You’re hopping around here
like a pauper in a
pay toilet,” is an example.
1,4
What is Brian to Joy after his operation?
“It’s not going to stop me because
I’m not going to let it stop me.”
2,1
What is a hold?
camera focuses on one
image for a few seconds
2,2
What are the 1960’s?
Decade during which play occurs
2,3
What is a metaphor?
“Defensive players are
scuttling crabs” is
an example.
2,4
What is Gale to Coach Halas after he tells
Brian that he and Gale are both starting ?
“I didn’t think it was possiblebut I think you finally found
a way to shut him up.”
3,1
What is a montage?
short scenes succeeding one
another and overlapping
on the screen
3,2
What are Rookie of the Year and
Most Courageous Player (George S. Halas Award)?
two awards that Gale won
3,3
What is sarcasm or humor?
“I think I’m pregnant”
is an example.
3,4
What is Coach Halas to Gale when he tells Gale
that he is sending Brian home?
“The best player plays,
no exceptions.”
4,1
What is the exposition?
part of play that introduces
characters, setting, and
possibly the problem
4,2
What is Wake Forest fight song (Brian’s college)
Song Brian repeatedly sings and
significance
4,3
What is foreshadowing?
Patti Lucas’s death
is an example.
4,4
What is Gale telling a joke
to Brian, Joy, and Linda in the
pizza place?
“Yeah- it was like rooming
with a black player again.”
5,1
What are dialogue and stage action?
a playwright must convey
the whole story by these
two things
5,2
What are starting fullback (Brian) and
starting halfback (Gale)?
Brian and Gale’s starting
positions the last year
Brian played.
5,3
What is optimism?
“Stay positive and
never give up,” is
an example.
5,4