The Glass Menagerie Scenes 1-4

The action of the play takes place in the

• 1930's

• 1950's

• 1890's

• 1960's

The setting of the play is in

• New York

• Chicago

• St. Louis

• New Orleans

From whose memory does this story come?

• Amanda's
• Laura's
• Tom's
• Jim's

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Tom speaks from the fire escape because...

• it provides distance for the narrative speeches

• it symbolises his desire to escape

• it places him higher than the other characters

• it provides variety

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Who is the "telephone man who fell in love with long distances"?

• Tom

• Tom's father

• Jim

• Jim's father

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Which word describes both Laura and the glass menagerie?

• Colorful

• Fragile

• Rare

• Cold

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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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Why does Laura quit business college?

• A boy in the class was making passes at her and she got scared.

• She was nervous in class and became physically ill during her first speed test.

• She was secretly saving the money so she could buy a train ticket to another city.

• She did it to defy her mother and show her independence.

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Laura was actually doing other things during the time she was supposed to be in school. Which of these was she NOT doing?

• She was going to the zoo.

• She was walking in the park.

• She was going to the museum.

• She was going to the mall.

How do you think Amanda knows,"... what becomes of unmarried women who actually aren't prepared to occupy a position?" 

• She has been talking to an employment counselor.
  
• She has been reading books about unmarried women and their lives. 
• That was probably her exact position when her husband left her.
  
• It is the situation that happened to her best friend. 

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