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Streetcar Named Desire

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What hotel in Laurel did Banche live in?
a)
Hotel Taratnula
b)
Hotel Flamingo
c)
Hotel Laurel
d)
Hotel Loredo
2.
What does Stanley buy Blanche for her birthday?
a)
A ticket
b)
A dress
c)
Lquor
d)
Roses
3.
Where does Blanche go at the end of the play?
a)
A hotel
b)
Home
c)
An asylum
d)
Four Deuces
4.
What values were firmly rooted in the 'Deep South' in the 1940s?
a)
Racial Equality
b)
Meritocracy
c)
Black wealth built on White labour
d)
White wealth built on Black labour
5.
What does the setting of New Orleans represent?
a)
Urban and diverse lifestyle
b)
The legacy of family ancestory
c)
Strict racial segregation
d)
Fantasy and magic
6.

Blanche's final line is ____

a)

"I have always depended on the kindness of strangers."

b)

"I have always depended on the strangeness of kinders."

c)

"I have always depended on the stringency of the candid."

d)

"If batman parents are died, Then how was he born."

7.

Who says this to whom: "You didn't know Blanche as a girl. Nobody, nobody was tender and trusting as she was. But people like you abuse her, and forced her to change."

a)

Mitch to Stella

b)

Stella to Stanley

c)

Stanley to Eunice

d)

Eunice to Mitch

8.

Throughout the play, Blanche goes out of her way to. . .

a)

Sabotage her sister's marriage

b)

Win over Stanley's affection

c)

Deceive everyone into thinking she's older

d)

Avoid being seen in direct light

9.

Who says: "But there are things that happen between a man and a woman in the dark - that sort of make everything else seem - unimportant."

a)

Stella

b)

Blanche

c)

Stanley

d)

Mitch

10.

Which theme does the following passage support?


BLANCHE: "I received a telegram from an old admirer of mine.... A cruise on the Caribbean on a yacht! ... I have never been so surprised in my life." (123)

a)

truth vs. illusion

b)

power and conflict

c)

the South

d)

desire and passion

11.

What does the poker game in scene 11 (the final scene) signify in the play?

a)

exploitation of women - women are still subservient

b)

mirrors the beginning of the play - Stanley's life remains unchanged

c)

foreshadows what will happen after the play - Stanley will rape again

d)

simply pictures the vice of gambling

12.

Which of the following is NOT a thematic topic found in this play?

a)

primitive vs. civilized life

b)

loneliness

c)

support of women

d)

love and romance

e)

truth vs. illusion

13.

Tennessee Williams incorporates music and other sound effects (e.g., the train) to convey...

a)

Stanley's state of mind

b)

Stella's state of mind

c)

Blanche's state of mind

d)

Mitch's state of mind

14.

Why does Blanche scream "Fire! Fire! Fire!" ?

a)

She dropped a candle in the bathroom and set fire to the shower curtain

b)

She wanted people to come save her from Stanley raping her

c)

She lit her birthday cake candles and was frightened by how many were actually lit

d)

She is insulted by Mitch and he refuses to leave