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1
Which character from Greek mythology could the Mexican Woman represent?
Orpheus
Hades
Eurydice
Tiresias
2
What animal does Stanley associate with Blanche and Stella?
Bluejays
Hens (chickens)
Pig
Monkey
3
Whose astrological sign is Capricorn, the goat?
Blanche
Stanley
Mitch
Stella
4
"His poker night--you call it--this party of apes!": What type of noun does Blanche use here?
Proper
Abstract
Compound
Collective
5
What kind of a joke does Blanche tell to lighten the mood during her birthday meal?
Dog
Parrot
Knock Knock
Mother-in-law
6
What does Stella profess she likes to do for her sister?
Tease her
Yell at her
Gossip with her
Serve her
7
Who said: "You may teach school but you're certainly not an old maid."
Stella
Stanley
Mitch
Blanche
8
Which Greek playwright wrote The Bacchae, which this play is said to be influenced by?
Aristotle
Euripides
Sophocles
Aristophanes
9
Mitch tears off the paper lantern so he can get a better look at Blanche.
True
False
10
Who said: "He didn't know what he was doing. He was as good as a lamb when I came back."
Stanley
Stella
Blanche
Mitch
11
In French, what does Blanche mean?
Black
Blue
Brown
White
12
Who said it: "I've always depended on the kindness of strangers."
Mitch
Stella
Blanche
Stanley
13
Where is Shep Huntleigh from?
Miami
Galveston
Houston
Dallas
14
Where did Blanche take the men she met in Laurel?
The Black Widow
The Motel Pelican
The Hotel Flamingo
The Tarantula Arms
15
Which poet does Williams choose to quote for the epigraph of the play?
Hart Crane
Wallace Stevens
Walt Whitman
Emily Dickinson
16
Who says, "A woman's charm is fifty percent illusion."?
Eunice
Stella
Stanley
Blanche
17
"Mr. Kowalski is too busy making a pig of
himself
to think of anything else." -
PRONOUN TYPE
?
reflexive
subjective
reflective
plural personal
18
What is the mournful sounding Mexican woman selling?
Tamales
Items for the day of the dead
Flowers for the dead
Flowers for a wedding
19
Which of the following motifs does the play end on?
Gambling/ Deceit
Paper/ truth
Alcohol/ Denial
Music/ life
20
Stanley and Stella's baby dies at the end of the play.
False
True
21
Which philosopher came up with the theory of the Apollonian versus the Dionysian in the concept of tragedy?
Freud
Nietzsche
Kant
Wittgenstein
22
Belvedere was the name of Stella and Blanche's home in Mississippi.
False
True
23
What does Belle Reve mean?
Beautiful garden
Beautiful flamingos
Beautiful woods
Beautiful dream
24
What is the nickname for New Orleans?
The Big Apple
The City of Sin
The Big Easy
The Windy City
25
What astrological sign is Blanche?
Capricorn
Pisces
Virgo
Gemini
26
Stanley and his buddies gather at his house to play bridge.
False
True
27
Which intertextual reference ISN'T a Biblical reference?
'A cleft in the rock of the world'
'Samson!'
'The blind are leading the blind'
'Woodland of Weir'
28
Correct A01 term for rude, insulting speech.
Imperative
Exhortation
Invective
Slang
29
Stanley buys Blanche perfume for her birthday.
True
False
30
What diagetic sound is introduced in Scene 11 to mark the knelling of Blanche's demise
The Varsouviana
A wind chime
Cathedral bells
Telephone ringing
31
What is left of Belle Reve?
Papers
Clothes
Coffins
Crumbled architecture
32
Why does Blanche leave her teaching position?
She became a Youtuber
She got a new job.
She had an affair with a student.
She got tired of it.
33
what is the correct term for the end of the play?
Apotheosis
Exposition
Epilogue
Denouement
34
What is Mitch's FIRST name?
Harold
Hugo
Mitchell
Harry
35
Blanche hangs a paper lantern over the light bulb: what does LIGHT represent in the play?
Sin
Identity
Happiness
Truth
36
What sound does Blanche always hear before the Varsouviana music ends?
A church bell
A streetcar passing
A gunshot
A scream
37
Who said: "Look at these feathers and furs she come here to preen herself in!"
Mitch
Stella
Stanley
Blanche
38
Who told Stanley about Blanche's dealings at the hotel Flamingo?
Shawshank
Shaw
Shep
Kiefaber