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"The Glass Menagerie" Test Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word best describes both Tom and Amanda?

a)

aggressive

b)

frail

c)

gentle

d)

controlling

2.

In Amanda’s view, her nagging behavior toward her children is motivated by __________.

a)

illusion

b)

love

c)

religion

d)

dreams

3.

Why does Amanda pretend that Laura has made the dinner when Jim visits?

a)

Amanda is shy with the young Jim O’Connor.

b)

Amanda really believes Laura made the dinner.

c)

Amanda knows Jim is engaged to Betty.

d)

Amanda wants to make Laura seem appealing as a future wife.

4.

How does Jim feel about his future?

a)

hesitant

b)

confused

c)

hopeful

d)

indifferent

5.

What word best describes Tom’s feelings toward his sister?

a)

disrespectful

b)

delusional

c)

angry

d)

affectionate

6.

What effect does Jim have on Laura once they are alone?

a)

He makes her shyer than she already is.

b)

He engages her in a real conversation.

c)

He convinces her to get married.

d)

He causes her to hate her mother.

7.

After the news about Jim's engagement, Amanda thinks that_____________.

a)

there is still hope for Laura and Jim

b)

Jim is a rude and self-centered young man

c)

Tom knew about the engagement

d)

Laura is at fault because of her disability

8.

Amanda's refusal to let Tom call Laura "crippled" is an example of Amanda's______________.

a)

inability to face reality

b)

obsession with the past

c)

determination to be sensible

d)

fear about her husband's return

9.

In The Glass Menagerie, the glass unicorn is a symbol for ________.

a)

Laura Wingfield

b)

Jim O'Connor

c)

Mr. Wingfield

d)

Mrs. Wingfield

10.

The overall tone of the play is ____________.

a)

optimistic

b)

despairing

c)

furious

d)

passionate

11.

The playwright uses the screens, lighting, and music of the play to create a sense of __________.

a)

beauty

b)

unreality

c)

tension

d)

danger

12.

How does the playwright use the narrator in the play?

a)

to explain the meaning of the play

b)

to comment on the events of the play

c)

to contradict the words of other characters

d)

to divert the audience from the action

13.

Why does Amanda make Tom promise not to be a drunkard?

a)

She fears Tom will become like his father.

b)

She knows that drinking is unhealthy.

c)

She thinks that drinking will upset Laura.

d)

People in Blue Mountain never drank.

14.

Why do the stage directions often call for a light to shine on Laura when she is not part of a conversation?

a)

to show how pretty she really is

b)

to illustrate that she is central to the play

c)

to distract viewers from the other conversation

d)

to reveal what finally happens to her

15.

At the opening of the play, Tom is dressed in a merchant sailor uniform, which foreshadows__________

a)

Tom's abandonment of his family

b)

Jim's behavior toward Laura

c)

Tom's success as a writer

d)

Amanda's anger at her son