The Glass Menagerie

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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What does Amanda ask Tom to do?

• She wants him to either ask for a raise or get another, better paying job. She wants to move to a larger apartment.
  
• She wants him to start taking her and Laura to church every Sunday. 
• She wants him to bring a gentleman caller for Laura home from work. 
• She wants him to find a psychiatrist who can help Laura. 

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Jim knows that Laura is very shy and insecure. He tries to make her realize that she is not so different from anyone else. What does he do? 

• He reads poetry to her.
  
• He takes her out to the fire escape to look at the stars. 
• He asks her to dance.
  
• He tells her about his own troubled childhood. 

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Why does Jim kiss Laura?

• He is politely telling her good by.
  
• Tom has paid him to do it.
  
• He is showing his contempt of Amanda and her silly ideas.
  
• He is trying hard to make her realize that she is pretty and appealing to men. 

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The evening is a failure. What does Amanda do? 

• She blames Tom. 
• She screams at Laura for being disabled. 
• She cries and apologizes to both of them. 
• She refuses to discuss the matter. 

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With whom does Tom argue much of the time?

• Laura (his sister)
• Amanda (his mother)
• Jim (his co-worker)
• The manager of the dance hall

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How does Laura know Jim?

• She met him at church
• Amanda knows his mother
• They attended the same high school
• They purchase glass at the same store

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Why don't things work out between Laura and Jim?

• Laura refuses to be alone with him
• He broke her glass unicorn
• Tom sabotaged their date
• Jim is engaged

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From whose memory does this story come?

• Amanda's
• Laura's
• Tom's
• Jim's

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