Glass Menagerie Mid-Term Review

Because the play is based on Tom's (the narrator's) memories of his past, The Glass Menagerie is considered what kind of play?

• tragedy

• memory

• domestic drama

• melodrama

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Which of the following is true about Tennessee Williams? (Select all that apply)

• He struggled with depression and alcoholism throughout his life.

• The Glass Menagerie includes many biographical aspects of his early life and family.

• He won two Pulitzer Prizes, one for A Streetcar Named Desire and one for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

• He was born during the Civil War.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

How does Tom break the imaginary "fourth wall" at the beginning of the play and at the beginning of many of the scenes?

• He addresses the pit.

• He faces away from the audience.

• He looks in a mirror.

• He addresses the audience directly.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

The fire escape is noteworthy in the play because (choose all that apply):

• it is the only entrance and exit to the apartment.

• ot os symbolic of the escapism the family continually practices

• the apartment was nearly burned but saved by firemen.

• it offers an unobstructed view of the dance hall across the street.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What does Amanda discover when she visits the Rubicon Business School to check on Laura?

• Laura is the top student.

• Laura never attended at all.

• Laura dropped out after she threw up during a test.

• Laura had decided to transfer to law school.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What is the name of the girl Jim goes steady with?

• Susan

• Nancy

• Betty

• Amanda

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is makes Laura's love interest from high school somewhat pathetic?

• She barely talked ot him, and the only picture she has is from the yearbook.

• He went to a different school.

• She only dated him because he was popular.

• She didn't stay in touch with him.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Williams was greatly influenced by life in the South, especially the effects of tradition on modern women. His focus on the symbolism of the Southern belle places this play in the genre of

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

In which city is this play set?

• Chicago

• St. Louis

• New Orleans

• Atlanta

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

The story takes place in which time period?

• Great Depression

• Civil War

• Roaring Twenties

• Reconstruction

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9