1.
The name ______ means white in French. Her last name DuBois translates as “made of wood”.
A
Eunice
B
Stella
C
Blanche
2.
The character of Blanche DuBois is supposed to be based on _______, who was a very elegant, slim beauty who struggled with nervous attacks and was diagnosed with schizophrenia.
A
Tennessee Williams' sister, Rose
B
Tennessee Williams' mother, Rose
C
a famous contemporary actress
3.
Stella is Blanche's ________However, Stella appears more grounded, more tolerant, and less sensitive than Blanche.
A
best friend
B
older sister
C
younger sister
4.
The sisters derive from an old aristocratic plantation called Belle Reve, _______.
A
nice slaveholder
B
beautiful boy
C
beautiful dream
5.
The old plantation has been lost. And Stella is the only person left for Blanche. But that is not the only reason for Blanche to leave Laurel; she also mentions that she has lost her teaching position because of her several ______.
A
nervous breakdowns
B
affairs with married man
C
homophobic and racist writings in the local paper
6.
Elysian Fields is the name of the street where Stella and Stanley live in New Orleans, and it is an ______ to Roman mythology, Elysian fields was a part of the underworld, the abode of the blessed after death.
A
allusion
B
imagery
C
foil
7.
During their honeymoon, what did Stanley smash with Stella's shoe?
A
radio
B
lightbulbs
C
Stella's hand
8.
“I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth. And it that's sinful, then let me be damned for it!” =
A
Blanche prefers a paper moon to a chandelier.
B
Blanche prefers fantasy to realism.
C
Blanche wants Mitch to take her to the circus.
9.
What does Blanche see as her only prospect for survival?
A
getting a job
B
marriage
C
drinking
10.
Which of these is not a motif in A Streetcar Named Desire?
A
bathing
B
light
C
prostitution
11.
Which of these is not a symbol in A Streetcar Named Desire?
A
Bowling
B
The Varsouviana Polka
C
Shadows and cries
12.
What item does Stanley give to Stella as an apology the morning after he beats her?
A
flower
B
ten dollars
C
radio
13.
What does Stella get from Stanley that makes her happy to leave the social pretensions of her background behind her?
A
money
B
security
C
sexual gratification
14.
What bad habit does Stanley have that Stella says one must learn to put up with in other people?
A
swearing
B
drinking
C
violence
15.
It is _______ that Blanche is bathing (symbolic of a cleansing ritual) while all the past that she is trying to wash away is about to be revealed by Stanley.
A
metonymic
B
allegoric
C
ironic
16.
Stanley sees through Blanche and finds out the details of her past, destroying her relationship with Mitch. He also destroys what's left of Blanche by _______
A
beating her up and sendingher to work in a brothel
B
raping her and then having her committed to an insane asylum.
C
raping her and sending back her to Belle Reve
17.
The epigraph to A Streecar Named Desire is taken from a Hart Crane poem titled “The Broken Tower.” The epigraph's description of love as only an “instant” and as a force that precipitates “each desperate choice” brings to mind ____.
A
Stella DuBois
B
Harold “Mitch” Mitchell
C
Blanche DuBois
18.
"I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." are Blanche's words to the doctor at the end in the play. It shows that she _______.
A
has had quite a lot of money troubles due to her heavy drinking
B
perceives the doctor as the gentleman rescuer for whom she has been waiting since arriving in N.O.
C
thinks Shep Huntleigh, her former suitor has come to save her
