All About August
The number of plays that August Wilson wrote.
What is "10" ?
The city devoured them.
What is personification?
"Go on back in there and to bed...get up on the other side."
Who is Rose?
Cory is expected to keep up his grades and chores to work here.
What is the A&P?
A landmark 1954 Supreme Court case that ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
All of August Wilson's plays focus on THIS time period.
What is the 20th century?
He aint throwed his money away.
What is dialect/diction?
" I done died and went to heaven."
Who is Gabriel?
This is the first meal that Rose cooks upon meeting her in Scene One.
What is chicken and collard greens?
A mass bus boycott took place in this city and state after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat.
What is Montgomery, Alabama?
The winner of the August Wilson Monologue Competition was from this city and state.
What is Los Angeles , California?
"I'll die and go to hell and play blackjack with the devil before I give you ten dollars."
What is hyperbole?
"And right there....the world suddenly got big."
Who is Troy?
This is how many miles Troy walked to Mobile after his father kicked him out.
What is 200?
This was the President of the United States in 1957, the year that Fences takes place.
Who is Dwight David Eisenhower ?
This is the name of August Wilson's very first play, written in 1979.
What is Jitney?
"I got cold as ice and death standing there staring at me"
What is a simile? OR What is personification?
"I thought only white folks had inside toilets and things"
Who is Bono?
This is how long Troy has been paying "the devil" for his furniture (allegedly).
Near the turn of the century, the destitute of this location sprang on the city with tenacious claws and an honest and solid dream.
What is Europe?
August Wilson's collection of plays was referred to as this.
What is the Pittsburgh Cycle?
"You gotta take the crookeds with the straights"
What is an idiom?
"They got some white guys on the team that don't play everyday. You can't play everybody at the same time."
Who is Cory?
This is how long Troy spent in the prison.
What is 15 years?
This is how long Troy and Bono have been friends.
What is 30 years?