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He takes care of his sick mother.
Blanche
Stella
Stanley
Mitch
Eunice
Lets Blanche into the Kowalski apartment when she arrives.
Blanche
Stella
Stanley
Mitch
Eunice
Says he met Blanche at the Hotel Flamingo.
Steve
Pablo
Allan Grey
Shep Huntleigh
Shaw
Is a billionaire from Texas.
Steve
Pablo
Allan Grey
Shep Huntleigh
Shaw
Is first described as daintily dressed in all white.
Blanche
Stella
Stanley
Mitch
Eunice
Blanche thinks she is going with him at the end of the play.
Steve
Pablo
Allan Grey
Shep Huntleigh
Shaw
Is the voice of reason at the poker party.
Steve
Pablo
Allan Grey
Shep Huntleigh
Shaw
Lives upstairs from the Kowalski’s with Eunice.
Steve
Pablo
Allan Grey
Shep Huntleigh
Shaw
Does not believe Blanche’s lies and deception right from the beginning.
Blanche
Stella
Stanley
Mitch
Eunice
Thinks that it is “practical” for Eunice to go to the bar after fighting with Steve.
Blanche
Stella
Stanley
Mitch
Eunice
Rips the paper lantern off of the light to get a close look at Blanche.
Blanche
Stella
Stanley
Mitch
Eunice
Has a violent temper when drinking.
Blanche
Stella
Stanley
Mitch
Eunice
Blanche worshiped the ground he walked on, and found him almost too fine to be human.
Steve
Pablo
Allan Grey
Shep Huntleigh
Shaw
Convinces Stella not to believe Blanche’s story about what Stanley did to her.
Blanche
Stella
Stanley
Mitch
Eunice
It can be said that this person is “stuck in the past.”
Blanche
Stella
Stanley
Mitch
Eunice
Stella has a proclivity for lying.
True
False
Blanche lies about losing Belle Reve when she says that she had to pay for funerals.
True
False
Blanche takes the streetcars Desire and Death to Elysian Fields.
True
False
Stanley hits Stella because she comes home when the men are playing poker.
True
False
Mitch represents “a way out” for Blanche.
True
False
Blanche is attracted to Stanley the minute she sees him.
True
False
At the end of the play Blanche goes to live with Shep Huntleigh.
True
False
Blanche is on leave from her teaching job because of stress.
True
False
Stella is dependent on Stanley.
True
False
Stella enjoys waiting on Blanche because she likes to take care of her younger sister.
True
False
Blanche hears polka music when she thinks of Allan Grey.
True
False
Blanche lies because she doesn’t want realism-she wants magic.
True
False
Mitch won't marry Blanche because she's not clean enough to bring in the house with his mom.
True
False
Stanley gave up playing poker after promising Stella he would.
True
False
Stella chooses Blanche over her husband.
True
False
Tennessee Williams was greatly influenced by the mental problems of
His sister, Rose
His brother, Tom
His mother, Blanche
His father, Stan
The setting for Streetcar is
Laurel in the 1960's
New Orleans in the 1940's
Mississippi in the 1950's
New Orleans in the 1930's
The play takes place over a span of
3 months
5 months
4 weeks
2 months
In the first scene, Stanley hollers at Stella and throws her a
package of bloody meat
dozen roses
bowling ball
radio
The upstairs neighbors of Stanley and Stella are
Eunice and Mitch
Eunice and Steve
Mitch and his mother
No one
Blanche and Stella originally come from
New Orleans
Laurel
Atlanta
Dallas
“Belle Reve” means
Beatiful Life
Beautiful Plantation
Beautiful Dream
Beautiful Desire
Stanley and his friends enjoy playing
Poker
Bridge
Horseshoes
Risk
To calm her nerves, Blanche spends afternoons in New Orleans
Listening to the Blue Piano
Drinking shots
Taking long baths
Playing poker
Stanley and Stella’s relationship could best be described as
Platonic and familiar
Impassionate and cold
Sexual and passionate
Intellectual, almost academic
Throughout the course of the play, we find out that Blanche’s husband
Ran off with another woman
Died of cancer
Was murdered
Committed suicide
Blanche worked in Laurel as a
Nurse
Pharmacist
English teacher
Maid
Blanche spent years caring for
Her sick sister
Her mental health
Her dying husband
The dying older generation of her family
The last few years in her hometown, Blanche fought her loneliness by
Taking up smoking
Engaging in intimacies with strangers
Teaching
Becoming involved in church activities
Blanche learned that her husband was homosexual
From a stranger
After he committed suicide
When he told her
When she walked in on him
Blanche is constantly disturbed by
Music she hears in her head
Visions of her husband
Stanley's comments
Thoughts of Belle Reve
How does Mitch verify the stories Stanly tells him about Blanche?
He speaks with Stella
He speaks with the principal of Blanche's school
He speaks with a supply man and a merchant.
He just assumes that they are accurate
Where does Eunice go after her fight with Steve?
To the police station
To the Kowalski apartment
She sits home and drinks
To the local bar
Where does Blanche meet Mitch?
At the local bar
At the Kowalski apartment
At the bowling alley
On the Streetcar Named Desire
Which of the following songs does Blanche sing while taking a bath?
“It’s Only a Paper Moon”
“Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”
"The Michigan Rag”
“Desire”
Which of the following bonds is not shared by Mitch and Stanley?
They served in the army together
They each married a DuBois sister
They play poker together
They work at the same automotive parts company
What type of music was playing when Blanche’s young husband committed suicide?
An Irish Jig
A Waltz
A Polka
A Tango
Where does Shep Huntleigh live?
Miami
New Orleans
Laurel
Dallas
Which of the following accurately describes Elysian Fields?
Ethnically diverse, working class, quiet
Mostly white, working class, noisy
Ethnically diverse, working class, noisy
Mostly Hispanic, middle class, sparsely populated.
What does Blanche pretend to find in the closet when Mitch comes by?
Liquor
Soda
A Candle
A Paper Lantern
What does Blanche give the newspaper collector?
Money
A Kiss
A Stern Warning
Retribution
Why is Blanche grateful to the doctor in the final scene?
He found her missing trunk key
He agrees that Stanley is an animal
He delivered Stella’s baby
She has always depended on the kindness of strangers
Why did Blanche leave her job as a school teacher in Laurel?
She found it boring
She had an affair with a young male student
Her dying parents needed her at home
Stella invited her to spend time in New Orleans
What does Stanley buy Blanche for her birthday?
A tiara
A bowling jacket
A bus ticket
A bottle of Southern Comfort
What sound does Blanche always hear before the Varsouviana music in her head stops?
A light turning on
A voice
A gunshot
The trickling of running bath water
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