The Glass Menagerie Scenes 1 & 2

Amanda is the mother of Tom and Laura. She is worried about her children's future and nags them in an effort to improve their chances for a good position. 

• True
• False

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 Laura wants adventure. She is slightly crippled. Her mother refuses to let her go out, and keeps her a virtual prisoner in the apartment. 

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 Tom is shy and frail. Although he is afraid of coping with the outside world, his mother is forcing him to "be a man" and get a job. 

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• False

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Where does the play take place?

• It takes place in Laura's hospital room.
  
• It takes place in Tom's office.
  
• It takes place in the Wingfield apartment.
  
• It takes place in the funeral parlor during Amanda's funeral. 

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In Scene One, Amanda gives constant directions on how to eat dinner, admonishes Tom for smoking too much, and looks forward to gentleman callers for Laura, who has never had any. What do these actions indicate? 

• Amanda is on the verge of mental collapse.
  
• Amanda is sadistic and cruel to those around her.
  
• Amanda is acting out the treatment she received as a child. 
• Amanda is overbearing yet clearly loves her children. 

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