Streetcar Quiz 2 (6-11)

It can be said that this person is “stuck in the past.”

• Blanche

• Stella

• Stanley

• Mitch

• Eunice

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Tennessee Williams was greatly influenced by the mental problems of

• His sister, Rose

• His brother, Tom

• His mother, Blanche

• His father, Stan

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Throughout the course of the play, we find out that Blanche’s husband

• Ran off with another woman

• Died of cancer

• Was murdered

• Committed suicide

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Blanche learned that her husband was homosexual

• From a stranger

• After he committed suicide

• When he told her

• When she walked in on him

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Why is Blanche grateful to the doctor in the final scene?

• He found her missing trunk key

• He agrees that Stanley is an animal

• He delivered Stella’s baby

• She has always depended on the kindness of strangers

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Why did Blanche leave her job as a school teacher in Laurel?

• She found it boring

• She had an affair with a young male student

• Her dying parents needed her at home

• Stella invited her to spend time in New Orleans

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What is Stanley's birthday present to Blanche?

• Southern Comfort whiskey

• Fine winter furs

• Diamond ring

• One way ticket back to Laurel

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What is Stella's reaction to the rape?

• She doesn't believe Blanche.

• She accuses Blanche of flirting with Stanley.

• She throws Stanley out of the house.

• She sends Blanche back to Laurel.

All of the following contribute to Mitch rejecting Blanche except:

• She lied about her past at the Flamingo

• She's not "clean enough" to bring home to mother

• She ruined their first date at the amusement park

• Stanley exposed all of Blanche's lies

Blanche does all of the following to cope with her instability, except

• Reliving the past life of glamour

• Dressing up in costume

• Sneaking alcohol

• Dancing to polka music