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Street Car Named Desire

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What sport does Stanley compete in?

a)

Bowling

b)

Football

c)

Raquetball

d)

Horseshoes

2.

Who lives in the apartment above Stanley and Stella?

a)

Stu and Ethel

b)

Sean and Ester

c)

Steve and Eunice

d)

Stewart and Janice

3.
What card game does Stanley play?
a)
Blackjack
b)
Solitaire
c)
Poker
d)
Cribbage
4.
What subject did Blanche teach?
a)
Art
b)
Math
c)
English
d)
Music
5.
How do Blanche and Stella know each other? 
a)
They are cousins
b)
They are childhood friends
c)
They are school mates
d)
They are sisters
6.
What is Belle Reve?
a)
A city 
b)
Stella and Blanche's family home
c)
Stella and Blanche's childhood dog
d)
The name of Stanley's workplace
7.

What is Stanley's reaction to Blanche.

a)

He is happy to get to know her.

b)

He had not seen her after his marriage to Stella.

c)

He dislikes Blanche and wants her out of his apartment.

d)

He is furious and does not allow her to enter his flat.

8.

After 'Desire' Blanche got another street car that dropped her off at Elysian Fields? What was it called?

a)

Cemeteries

b)

Tombstones

c)

Graveyards

d)

Grave Diggers

9.

What does Stanley do in front of Blanche when he first meets her that offends her modesty?

a)

Showers

b)

Spits

c)

Removes his shirt

d)

Kisses her

10.

Blanche pretends that she...

a)

Rarely drinks

b)

Never drinks

c)

Doesn't like whiskey

d)

Only drinks at weekends

11.

According to Blanche, who is the only person that could do Stella's apartment justice?

a)

Walt Whitman

b)

Henry David Thoreau

c)

Tennessee Williams

d)

Edgar Allen Poe

12.

Choose the word that best describes Blanche's attitude towards her sister's life.

a)

Jealous

b)

Angry

c)

Disdainful

d)

Happy

13.

What does the name of the family home 'Belle Reve' mean

a)

Beautiful dream

b)

Before the war

c)

Mississippi farm

d)

The way home

14.
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
15.

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

16.

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

17.

How did Blanche's husband die?

a)

He drowned himself

b)

He shot himself

c)

He took pills

d)

Blanche shot him

18.

Who is Shep Huntleigh?

a)

Stanley's neighbour

b)

Blanche's dead husband

c)

A former admirer of Blanche

d)

Stanley's source in Laurel

19.
When was the American Civil War?
a)
1841 - 1845
b)
1861 - 1865
c)
1941 - 1945
d)
1961 - 1965
20.
When was the play written?
a)
1945
b)
1947
c)
1949
d)
1951
21.
What does the character of Stanley Kowalski represent in the play?
a)
New values of an immigrant society
b)
Old values of a deep south society
c)
Racist values of the deep south
d)
Capitalist values of America
22.
Which play did Tennessee Williams also write?
a)
An Inspector Calls
b)
Dogs Die In Hot Cars
c)
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
d)
Breakfast At Tiffany's
23.
What is the name of the place Blanche is looking for?
a)
Elysian Fields
b)
New Orleans
c)
Streetcar Named Desire
d)
Cemeteries
24.
Where is Stella when Blanche arrives?
a)
In the kitchen
b)
At the bowling alley with Stanley
c)
Out dancing with Stanley
d)
Working
25.
What does Blanche learn about Stanley before she meets him?
a)
He is Polish and was in the army
b)
He is Irish and a doctor
c)
He is Scottish and was in the army
d)
He was injured in the war and in a wheelchair
26.
Where is Blanche from?
a)
Mississippi
b)
New York
c)
New Orleans
d)
Chicago
27.
What nickname does Blanche have for Stella?
a)
Stella Bella
b)
Stella Baby
c)
Stella-Bear
d)
Stella for Star
28.
What description best suits Stanley?
a)
he is a gentleman with grace and poise
b)
He is crude and animalistic with little manners
c)
He is shy and timid
d)
He is funny, kind and generous
29.

How does Blanche react when Stanley asks about her husband?

a)

She laughs

b)

She cries

c)

She feels like she is going to be sick

d)

She gets angry and slaps him

30.
What does it mean that Belle Reve is "lost"?
a)
It was washed away by a hurricane
b)
It was lost in a poker game
c)
It was lost due to the lack of money and taken by the bank
d)
It was on a safari and never cme back
31.

Stanley is NOT ____

a)

possessed of "animal magnetism"

b)

drinking to repress bad memories

c)

assertive over others

d)

blunt to the point of being rude

32.

Why doesn't Mitch enjoy going out?

a)

He has too much work to do.

b)

He is worried about his mother.

c)

He is too shy.

d)

He doesn't have enough money.

33.

What about Stanley makes Stella think that he will succeed in life?

a)

His ability to save money

b)

His drive

c)

His dedication to their marital happiness

d)

His desire to be a father

34.

Who gave Mitch his silver cigarette case?

a)

His mother

b)

Stella

c)

Stanley

d)

A former girlfriend

35.

What LIE does Blanche tell Mitch about her sister Stella?

a)

That she is having a baby

b)

That Stella was married before Stanley

c)

That she is older than Blanche

d)

That she is planning to leave Stanley

36.

After Blanche and Mitch begin dancing, what does Stanley do with the radio?

a)

Turns it to another station

b)

Sings along with it

c)

Punches it

d)

Throws it out the window

37.

What , in English, does Blanche's name mean?

a)

White sand

b)

White trees

c)

White woods

d)

White

38.

Which statement was NOT offered by Blanche as a reason for losing Belle Reve?

a)

She had to pay for all the funeral expenses

b)

She did not make enough money as a teacher

c)

It was destroyed in a fire

d)

She couldn't keep up with the mortgage

39.

Why was Blanche upset with Stella's living conditions?

a)

It did not reflect their proper, upper class upbringing

b)

It reminded her too much of Belle Reve

c)

It was run down and had no air conditioning

d)

It was too big and spacious

40.

How does Stella feel about Stanley's violent outbursts?

a)

She is excited by it

b)

It terrifies her

c)

It makes her even angrier

d)

She is confused by it

41.

Why doesn't Blanche approve of Stella's relationship with Stanley?

a)

He's a working class man

b)

She sees him as a brute

c)

She sees him as "common"

d)

All of these

42.

Who says: “Poker shouldn’t be played in a house with women.”

a)

Mitch

b)

Stanley

c)

Stella

d)

Blanche

43.

What kind of background do Blanche and Stella come from?

a)

Lower class

b)

Southern aristocracy

c)

Middle class

d)

"New" rich

44.

Who says: "Drunk--drunk--animal thing you!"

a)

Blanche

b)

Stanley

c)

Stella

d)

Mitch

45.

What does Blanche constantly do to calm her nerves?

a)

Drink at the bar.

b)

Take hot baths.

c)

Flirts with other men.

d)

Sings about the moon.