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A Streetcar Named Desire Quiz 1

  • 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. Streetcar 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

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