Streetcar Quiz

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- Literature (Duchess of Malfi) Quiz on Streetcar Quiz , created by Doxa Vassilios on 19/09/2018.
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Question 1

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How many yeas after WW2 ended was Williams play first performed?
Answer
  • 15 years
  • 2 years
  • 16 years
  • 5 years

Question 2

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What's Stanleys second name
Answer
  • Kowalski
  • Kabrunski

Question 3

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Name the place where Stella lives in New Orleans and which streetcars Blanche has to take to get there
Answer
  • Elysian Fields, desire, cemeteries
  • Belle Reve, desire, death

Question 4

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What does Stanley think about Blanche's possessions in her trunk?
Answer
  • He thinks she can look after herself with all that she's got with her
  • That she is going to take up space

Question 5

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What does Stanley discover in her trunk when he aggressively goes through her things?
Answer
  • Furs
  • Pearls

Question 6

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What was the name of the sisters family home?
Answer
  • Belle Reve
  • Elysian Fields
  • Belle air

Question 7

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What kind of building was it?
Answer
  • Flat
  • Big house
  • Plantation

Question 8

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Why do the family lot live there anymore?
Answer
  • They had to pay for all the deaths of their relatives
  • Because the men in the family spent all the money- epic formications

Question 9

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Why is Blanche attracted to Midge in particular?
Answer
  • He is just like Stanley
  • He is soft and can look after her

Question 10

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Blanche waltzes to the music with romantic gestures. Mitch is delighted and moves in [blank_start]awkward[blank_end] imitation [blank_start]like a dancing bear[blank_end]
Answer
  • awkward
  • like a dancing bear

Question 11

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In scene 4 Stella reminisced about her wedding night telling Blanche that Stanley [blank_start]smashes[blank_end] all the [blank_start]light-bulbs[blank_end] with the [blank_start]heel[blank_end] of my slipper
Answer
  • smashes
  • light-bulbs
  • heel

Question 12

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Name 3 insults Blanche calls Stanley throughout the play
Answer
  • Pig
  • Polak
  • Survivor of the Stone Age

Question 13

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What does Stanley do during the poker night that demonstrates his violent nature?
Answer
  • Slaps Stella on the thigh
  • Punches Stella
  • Shouts insults Mitch
  • Throws radio

Question 14

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In scene 6 Blanche tells Stella her worries about Stanley and tries to get her to leave her life with him in a long speech: in this dark march towards whatever it is we're approaching..... Don't - don't [blank_start]go hang back with the brutes [blank_end]
Answer
  • go hang back with the brutes

Question 15

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Blanche tells Stella that [blank_start]soft[blank_end] people have to- shimmer and glow- put a - [blank_start]paper lantern over the light [blank_end]
Answer
  • soft
  • paper lantern over the light

Question 16

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Names any songs or music that you can remember from streetcar e.g the jazz tracks from the street, Blanche's songs she sings in the bath or the music associated with Allen Grey
Answer
  • Parisian Waltz Varsuviana
  • Paper Moon
  • Blue Piano

Question 17

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Scene 8 Stanley loses his temper during the birthday meal. What does he say to Blanche and Stella after having hurled a plate to the floor?
Answer
  • What do you two think you are? A pair of queens
  • Pig—Polak—disgusting—vulgar—greasy!'—them kind of words have been on your [Stella's] tongue and your sister's too much around here! ?

Question 18

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What birthday present does he give her?
Answer
  • A cake
  • A ticket back to Laurel

Question 19

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What does Blanche call the hotel she uses to stay at which now threatens to totally destroy her reputation?
Answer
  • The Spider
  • The Tarantula
  • Laurel Town

Question 20

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In scene 10 Stanley pursues Blanche around the apartment before he presumably rapes her at the end. Can you remember any of the dialogue from this menacing scene?
Answer
  • Tiger Tiger
  • Mardi Gras

Question 21

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What sounds and shapes are heard and seen on scene 10 that shows Blanche is under threat and mirror the corruption and violence of the world both inside and outside the tiny apartment
Answer
  • Flores Pareles
  • Shadows
  • Dim lighting

Question 22

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What object does Stanley remove and hand over to Blanche when she is reluctant to leave at the end- what is significant about it?
Answer
  • Paper lantern- a somewhat peace offering
  • A pack of cards- to help her remember living with them

Question 23

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What is the last sentence in the play and why is it relevant?
Answer
  • Goodbye- To show their remorse for the way they left things
  • This game is a seven card stud- ending shows no change in the way they act

Question 24

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What was Stella doing as the curtains came down?
Answer
  • Crying and shouting for Blanche
  • Berating Stanley
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