On the Waterfront Quiz

Whose death causes Terry Malloy to start wondering about Johnny Friendly’s business methods?

Joey Doyle

2. When Edie drops her glove outside of the church, what does Terry do with it?

Places on his hand

3. According to Terry, how did Charlie derail Terry’s promising boxing career?

Betting on the opponent in a fight

4. Where does Father Barry hold the secret meeting for the longshoremen to discuss their rights?

Basement of the church

5. What event makes it difficult for Edie to leave Terry at the saloon?

A raucous wedding

6. How is Charlie “the Gent” Malloy easily identified?

By his camel furred coat

7. Why does the Waterfront Crime Commission actively seek out Terry for a subpoena?

He was rumored as the last person to see Joey Doyle alive

8. What important event not seen on -screen happens after Father Barry’s secret meeting?

Terry accidentally kills one of the Joey Doyle’s birds

9. Who helps Terry Malloy in the fistfight with Johnny Friendly at the end of On the Waterfront?

Noone

10. Terry admits that he threw his big fight to whom?

Kayo Dugan

11. What part of the New York metro area provides the setting for On the Waterfront?

Hoboken, New Jersey

12. Over whose corpse does Father Barry deliver his famous “Sermon on the Docks”?

Kayo Dugan

13. Why is Charlie Malloy murdered?

He could not convince Terry not to testify to The Commission

14. What birds does Terry raise tenderly on the rooftops?

Pigeons

15. What does Terry do when his brother Charlie pulls a gun on him in the taxicab?

Turns away sadly

16. What style of acting does Marlon Brando employ in On the Waterfront?

Method acting

17. What does “D & D” stand for in the lingo of the waterfront?

Dumb and deaf

18. Who encourages Terry to confess to Edie the extent of his involvement in Joey’s death?

Father Barry

19. How does Terry fight back against the murder of his brother Charlie?

By testifying to the Waterfront Crime Commission

20. How does Mr. Upstairs find out...