A Streetcar Named Desire Study Guide

1. Tennessee Williams first big success was

• <i>Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</i>
• <i>The Rose Tattoo</i>
• <i>The Glass Menagerie</i>
• <i>A Streetcar Named Desire</i>

2. Williams hailed from

• Guyville, Tennessee
• Alabama
• Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Mississippi and Missouri

3. Williams was greatly influenced by the mental problems of

• his brother, Thom
• his father, Stan
• his mother, Blanche
• his sister, Rose

4. <i>Streetcar</i> takes place in

• Laurel
• Atlanta
• New Orleans
• Stratford-on-Guy

5. The play is set in

• the 1930s
• the 1940s
• the 1950s
• the 1960s

6. The play's initial reception can only be described as

• critical success and commercial failure
• commercial success and critical failure
• commercial and critical failure
• commercial and critical success

7. The play starts in what season?

• spring
• summer
• autumn
• winter

8. The play ends in what season?

• spring
• summer
• autumn
• winter

9. Blanche is Stella's

• sister-in-law
• mother
• cousin
• sister

10. Blanche and Stella hail from a background that would best be described as

• impoverished Southern aristocracy
• nouveau riche
• blue-collar
• middle-class