Deck 7: A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

Question 1

Shep Huntleigh is from:

A)Texas
B)dallas
C)Miami
D)Kansas

Answer 1

Miami

Question 2

Blanche gives the Young Collector:

A)a tip
B)a slap
C)a kiss
D)a book

Answer 2

a kiss

Question 3

Blanche leaves her job as a schoolteacher in Laurel because:

A)She had an affair with a young student
B)she is mentally ill
C)The headmaster takes pity on her illness
D)she misses Stella

Answer 3

She had an affair with a young student

Question 4

The name of Blanche and Stella's ancestral home:

A)Belle Reve
B)Elysian Fields
C)Tangerine
D)Paradiso

Question 5

At the end of the play, Blanche goes to:

A)Her old home
B)mental asylum
C)Mitch's home
D)ShepHuntleigh

Question 6

Allan Gray, Blanche's former husband, killed himself because:

A)Blanche revealed his homosexuality
B)he was depressed
C)he hated Blanche
D)he was bullied by friends

Question 7

Who makes sexual advances towards Blanche towards the end of the play?:

A)Mitch
B)Stanley
C)Allan Gray
D)Gene

Question 8

Where does Blanche meet Mitch?

A)At the local bar
B)At the Kowalskis apartment
C)At the bowling alley
D)In a Paris hotel

Question 9

What type of music was playing when Blanche's young husband committed suicide?

A)An Irish jig
B)A waltz
C)A polka
D)A fugue

Question 10

Stella left Belle Reve after the death of which family member?

A)Her mother
B)Her aunt
C)Her father
D)Her brother

Question 11

Which of the following accurately describes Elysian Fields?

A)Ethnically diverse, working class, quiet
B)Mostly white, working class, noisy
C)Ethnically diverse, working class, noisy
D)Mostly Hispanic, middle class, sparsely populated

Question 12

Who lives upstairs from Stanley and Stella?

A)The negro woman
B)No one
C)Mitch and his mother
D)Steve and Eunice

Question 13

Which of the following does not function as a symbol in A Streetcar Named Desire?

A)Beer
B)Lamplight
C)The Varsouviana polka tune
D)Meat

Question 14

The play A Streetcar Named Desire was set in New Orleans during

A)The1950s
B)The 1940s
C)The 1960s
D)The 1930s

Question 15

Williams was greatly influenced by the mental problems of

A)His mother, Blanche
B)His father, Stan
C)His sister, Rose
D)His brother, Thom

Question 16

In, A Streetcar Named Desire, at rise, we see a two story building in a poor, charming,diverse section of New Orleans, called

A)Elysian Fields
B)Elysian Park
C)Eaton Field
D)Mansfield Park

Question 17

Blanche's first action in the play is one of

A)Confusion, ambivalence, disorientation
B)Confusion, madness, anger
C)Confusion, disorientation, anger
D)Confusion, happiness, excitement

Question 18

Stanley discovers through Shaw that Blanche has fled her hometown because she has been accusedof:

A)A man she was sleeping with died mysteriously in their hotel room
B)Having an affair with a student
C)She had a hit-and-run accident
D)Embezzling from her job as a bank teller

Question 19

Where is Blanche going at the end of the play?

A)Back to the family estate
B)Upstairs to live with the landlord
C)Away with Mitch
D)To a mental hospital

Question 20

What is the name of the man Blanche hopes will rescue her?

A)Pablo
B)Dallas
C)Shep Huntleigh
D)Austin

Question 21

What fears of Blanche's does Stanley exploit?

A)Spiders and open windows
B)Darkness and noise
C)Turning her into the police and going to jail
D)Growing old and being alone

Question 22

A young Collector for a newspaper embodies Blanche's obsession with youth and presumably reminds her of her teenage husband and a young poet

A)Andy Grey
B)Allan Grey
C)Mitchell
D)Steve Hubell

Question 23

The famous line, "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers" is an ironic note from

A)Scene 8 of a Streetcar Named Desire
B)Scene 9 of a Streetcar Named Desire
C)Scene 11 of A Streetcar named Desire
D)Scene 7 of a Streetcar Named Desire

Question 24

Stanley and Stella's relationship could best be described as

A)Platonic and Familiar
B)Sexual and Passionate
C)Intellectual
D)Cold and impassionate

Question 25

What is Blanche's tragic flaw?

A)Blanche's tragic flow is her addiction to alcohol
B)Blanche's biggest tragic flaw is her desire.
C)Her inability to listen to others
D)Her schizophrenia