WorksheetsStreetcar Named Desire
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What was Blanche's job?
English teacher
Math teacher
secretary
Farm owner
Blanche says to Mitch, "I don't want realism. I want ___!" She says that she tries to give that to people.
love
magic
niceness
culture
What is the Napoleonic Code?
a code of law recognized in New Orleans from the days of French rule that places women's property in the hands of their husbands
the use or attempted use of counterfeit currency is illegal if the person has the intent to defraud the recipient
It is illegal to marry someone in New Orleans under the deception of security orientation
It is a code among that you to have an affair as long as within the same family
What's happening to Mitch's mother?
She and Mitch are fighting
she's sick
she doesn't like his friends
She wants Mitch to move out
What happened to Belle Reve?
nothing
the family lost the property
Blanche bought it
She died
How did Blanche's husband die?
Trolley accident
Suicide
Fire at Belle Reve
Murder
What was the secret Blanche's husband was keeping
He was with another man
He had a gambling addiction
He lost the money for Belle Reve
He had a mental illness
Blanche is attracted to all except
Mitch
Stanley
The young delivery boy
None of the above
Where does Blanche go at the end of the play?
Belle Reve
New Orleans
An asylum
Elysian Fields
How would you describe Stella and Stanley's relationship?
Comedic
Honeymoon stage
Loving
Abusive
Blanche is obsessed with her appearance because
She has a fear of aging
She thinks it is a sign of her worth and status
It is the only thing that she has control over
All of the above
Blanche dies at the end
True
False
What does Stanley do to Blanche
Belittles her
Turns Stella against her
Rapes her
All of the above
What does Stanley give Blanche for her birthday
A ticket to leave
New jewelry
A tiara
None of the above
When Blanche gets drunk she
Puts on all her old fancy clothes
Calls her old husband
Confronts Stella
Packs her bags to leave
Tennessee Williams uses costumes to
elicit a mood shift
reflect Blanche's emotional / psychological state of mind
highlight the difference in Blanche amongst her surrounding
all of the above
Which sound was not seen in the play
The blue piano
Varsouviana
The streetcar trolleys
The New Orleans Parrot
Which of the following was important to Blanche
Bathing
Lighting
Clothing
All of the above
Which of the following was NOT one of the names of the streetcars
Desire
Cemeteries
Elysian Fields
none of the above
Who is Shaw
a man that knows Blanche's past
the one who tells Stanley about Blanche
an unseen character whom Stanley says spotted Blanche DuBois at a disreputable hotel in Laurel, Mississippi called The Flamingo
all of the above
