QUIZ – SWITZERLAND | English Theatre Frankfurt

1. What has happened to Bradley Applebee before Edward Ridgeway arrives in Switzerland?

He got run over by a bus.

He wanted to marry Patricia Highsmith and got rejected.

Patricia Highsmith scared him by holding a knife to his throat.

2. What is Ridgeway's alleged agenda at the beginning of the play?

He wants to kill Highsmith in revenge for what happened to Applebee.

He wants Highsmith to write a new novel.

He wants to take a vacation and see Switzerland.

3. What are the things Highsmith and Ridgeway have in common?

abusive parents, love for weapons, morbid fantasy

unhappy childhood, love for weapons, morbid fantasy

unhappy childhood, love for white bread, interest in the author Vonnegut.

4. What is the name of Highsmith´s most famous protagonist?

Tom Ripley

Hannibal Lecter

Jean Baptiste Grenouille

5. On what condition does Highsmith agree to sign a new contract?

Ridgeway needs to bring her more soup.

She wants more money.

Ridgeway needs to come up with the perfect ending for her novel.

6. What does Ridgeway´s ending for her novel look like after his first night in her apartment?

Tom Ripley shoots the old women to inherit the money.

The old woman gets poisoned and Ripley inherits the money.

The old woman dies from fear of Tom Ripley and leaves the money to her niece and her niece´s husband.

7. What changes does Ridgeway go through during the play?

He gets more and more confident and dresses better.

After being attacked at night he gets more and more anxious.

He does not change.

8. What does Highsmith like about snails?

She likes their taste.

She likes their ambiguous sexuality.

She likes their peaceful nature.

9. Which statement describes Highsmith´s character best?

She is a feminist, a lesbian and a creative person.

She is racist, arrogant and abusive.

She is very sick, an alcoholic and ready to die.

10. What is the final twist in act three?

Ridgeway turns out to be Tom Ripley and he gets killed by Highsmith.

Highsmith writes the ending to her novel and then kills herself.

Ridgeway turns out to be Tom Ripley who came to kill his creator, Patricia Highsmith.