Glass Menagerie

Who was the author of the Glass Menagerie?

• August Wilson

• Lorraine Hansberry

• Tennessee Williams

• J.D. Salinger

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Who were the main characters in the play?

• Amanda, Laura, Tom

• Troy, Ruth, and Cory

• Jack, Jill, and Jennie

• Tom, Richard, and Harry

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True or False: The Gentleman Caller and Laura kiss.

• True

• False

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Laura discovers that the Gentleman Caller is ....

• a secret drunkard.

• someone she knew from typing school.

• a young man who she knew and liked in high school.

• a young man who she dated in high school.

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As related to the story, what is the most significant aspect about clear glass?

• It gathers dust easily and requires a lot of cleaning.

• It's pretty.

• When light hits it, you can see through it.

• It's a collection that is always in Tom's way in the apartment.

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At the end of the story, we learn that Tom...

• leaves his family, but always carries guilt about leaving Laura.

• has lost his job, but becomes a poet.

• dies.

• stays with the family and continues to be the main provider.

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What is the time and place setting of the play?

• the late 1950s in Chicago

• the 1970 in New York City

• during the Great Depression around 1937 in St. Louis

• current day in Cincinnati

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True or False: The Gentleman Caller breaks Laura's glass unicorn on purpose.

• True.

• False.

Amanda is best described as ...

• a complex and rather controlling character who can be both caring and cruel

• the family's main provider

• much misunderstood by most of the world

• absent-minded

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True or False: Laura has physical defect that caused her to have low self-esteem and to alienate herself from most of society.

• True.

• False.

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