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Movie Quiz - The Graduate

Donna Tatsuki
tatsuki [at] kobeuc.ac.jp

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  1. Whose is the first voice that you hear in the movie?
    a. Ben's father
    b. Professor Suber
    c. Airline pilot
    d. Flight attendant
  2. What is being celebrated during the first party in the movie?
    a. Ben's birthday
    b. Ben's graduation from college
    c. Ben's new job
    d. Ben's parent's anniversary
  3. What excuse did Mrs. Robinson give for coming into Ben's room?
    a. She wants a ride home.
    b. She needs to get away from the party.
    c. She thinks it is the bathroom.
    d. She is looking for an ashtray
  4. What did Mrs.Robinson give Ben to drink?
    a. whiskey
    b. bourbon
    c. scotch
    d. wine
  5. Why did Ben go upstairs the FIRST time?
    a. to see Elaine's portrait
    b. to tell Elaine the truth
    c. to help Mrs. Robinson undress
    d. to give Mrs. Robinson her purse
  6. Why did Ben go upstairs the SECOND time?
    a. to see Elaine's portrait
    b. to tell Elaine the truth
    c. to help Mrs. Robinson undress
    d. to give Mrs. Robinson her purse
  7. Why did Ben go upstairs the THIRD time?
    a. to see Elaine's portrait
    b. to tell Elaine the truth
    c. to help Mrs. Robinson undress
    d. to give Mrs. Robinson her purse
  8. What advice did Mr. Robinson NOT give to Ben?
    a. go to graduate school
    b. sow a few wild oats
    c. have a good time with the girls
    d. take things as they come
  9. What did Ben's father NOT call him the day of his twenty first birthday?
    a. young man
    b. creature of action
    c. feature attraction
    d. Benjie
  10. Ben's birthday party scene is a parody of what?
    a. a game show
    b. a magician's act
    c. a concert
    d. a circus
  11. What did Mrs. Robinson ask Ben during their FIRST telephone call?
    a. Did you get in a swim?
    b. Did you get a chance to run?
    c. Did you get Tulsa Rum?
    d. Did you get us a room?
  12. What did Mrs Robinson ask the waiter for?
    a. a telephone
    b. the check
    c. a martini
    d. both a drink and the check
  13. What name (alias) did Ben use to check in to the hotel?
    a. Benjamin Gradson
    b. Benjamin Gladsome
    c. Benjamin Gladstone
    d. Benjamin Gradston
  14. What did Ben forget to tell Mrs. Robinson that she wanted to know?
    a. How much he cares about her
    b. How thankful he is
    c. The room number
    d. The name he used to check in
  15. Which of these things did Ben NOT do while he was in the room waiting for Mrs. Robinson.
    a. bang his head against the wall
    b. close the blinds
    c. brush his teeth
    d. turn off the lights
  16. Why was Ben's father so upset when he talked to Ben who was floating on a raft in the pool?
    a. Ben was laying around doing nothing
    b. Ben was dating Mrs. Robinson
    c. Ben had applied to the wrong Graduate school
    d. Ben refused to use the diving suit
  17. Is Mrs. Singleman's sister, Ms. De Witte, married or single?
    a. married
    b. single
  18. What did Ben promise to Mrs. Robinson?
    a. not to tell Elaine why her parents married
    b. not to tell his parents about the affair
    c. not to date Elaine
    d. not to talk about Elaine
  19. Why did Elaine go to the zoo?
    a. to meet Ben
    b. to meet Carl
    c. for a class
    d. to see the monkey house
  20. Who did Ben phone to find out where the wedding was being held?
    a. Dr. Smith's answering service
    b. Carl's father
    c. Mrs. Robinson
    d. Dr. Smith's brother

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The Internet TESL Journal, Vol. IV, No. 3, March 1998
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