Unit 6 Mid-Unit Test Review Quizs

Which of the following innovative techniques did Williams incorporate into The Glass Menagerie ?

• Projection Screens

• Choreographed Dance

• Live Animals

• Virtual Reality

The glass unicorn is delicate, fanciful, and unique, and is used as a symbol for this character:

• Laura

• Catherine

• Emily

• Sarah

How is Laura physically handicapped?

• She has a lame leg.

• She is blind in one eye.

• She uses a wheelchair.

• She has a hearing impairment.

In the first scene, Amanda tells the story of a Sunday afternoon in Blue Mountain when she received seventeen

• gentleman callers

• friends

• family members

• strangers

Tennessee Williams incorporated these techniques into his play in order to

• To depict a sense of unreality

• To create a realistic setting

• To enhance character development

• To simplify the plot

Because Laura's nerves cannot handle class, Amanda becomes all the more determined to

• find Laura a husband

• help Laura with her studies

• encourage Laura to drop out

• convince Laura to join a club

Through the use of innovative techniques in play-writing, Tennessee Williams was able to produce this type of play:

• A Tragedy Play

• A Comedy Play

• A Memory Play

• A Musical Play

Laura stopped going to class because

• the classes terrified her, to the point of making her physically ill

• she found the subject matter too easy

• she preferred studying at home

• she had a scheduling conflict with her job

The setting of the play is in St. Louis during

• The Great Depression

• World War II

• The Roaring Twenties

• The Civil Rights Movement

Amanda's husband is gone because he

• abandoned the family sixteen years before the action of the play.

• moved to another country for work.

• was lost at sea during a storm.

• decided to pursue a career in acting.