Lesson 4.2.2.19

4.2.2.19 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams Quiz: AQA English Literature A, Unit 2

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Lesson 4.2.2.19, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams: 20 multiple choice questions for the AQA English Literature A (7712), Unit 2: Texts in shared contexts, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What is the name of the plantation owner at the centre of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?

    • Big Daddy
    • Gooper
    • Big Mama
    • Doc Baugh

  2. Who is Brick, the play's central male character?

    • The preacher who holds the family's Sunday service
    • The family doctor who attends Big Daddy
    • The son of Big Daddy, who is married to Maggie and struggles with alcohol
    • The plantation overseer who manages the workers

  3. Why does Brick walk with a crutch at the start of the play?

    • He suffers from an illness affecting his nerves
    • He broke his leg in a car accident
    • He was wounded in military service in Korea
    • He has injured his ankle while jumping hurdles

  4. What is Maggie's nickname that gives the play its title?

    • The Sparrow
    • The Hawk
    • The Cat
    • The Swan

  5. What is the name of Brick's dead friend, whose death haunts him?

    • Doc Baugh
    • Reverend Tooker
    • Gooper
    • Skipper

  6. Which character is Big Daddy's eldest son, who is ambitious and shows little affection for his father?

    • Doc Baugh
    • Brick
    • Gooper
    • Reverend Tooker

  7. What is the setting of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof?

    • A coastal town in Florida
    • A mining town in West Virginia
    • A plantation in the Mississippi Delta
    • A ranch in Texas

  8. Which two words capture the play's concern with truth and lying?

    • Mendacity and lies
    • Honour and duty
    • Loyalty and faith
    • Ambition and wealth

  9. What is the major problem in Brick and Maggie's marriage?

    • Maggie's refusal to have children
    • Brick's ambition for a career in politics
    • Brick's refusal to share her desire and his drinking
    • Maggie's jealousy of Big Mama

  10. What does Big Daddy's illness reveal about the family?

    • Their greed and deception about his condition, as they focus on the inheritance
    • Their unity and their shared grief
    • Their open honesty with each other
    • Their indifference to money and property

  11. Which theme connects Brick's guilt about Skipper and the family's hidden truths?

    • The inability to face the truth and the damage of lies
    • The virtues of faith and forgiveness
    • The importance of military service
    • The benefits of financial success

  12. How does Williams present the character of Maggie?

    • As a comic figure with no emotional depth
    • As a villain who manipulates her husband
    • As a passive woman who accepts her fate
    • As a passionate and determined woman who fights for her place in the family

  13. Which role does Big Mama play in the family?

    • She is a doctor who diagnoses Big Daddy
    • She is a lawyer who represents the estate
    • She is a loving but frustrated mother who wants to preserve her family's unity
    • She is a preacher who leads the family prayer

  14. What is the dramatic function of Big Daddy's final confrontation with Brick?

    • It makes the family leave the plantation
    • It introduces a new character who takes control of the estate
    • It resolves the family's disputes over the inheritance
    • It forces both men to confront the truth about Brick's guilt and about Big Daddy's mortality

  15. Which element of the play's staging highlights the tension between characters?

    • The heat and the oppressive setting of the Southern plantation
    • A set that changes between acts to show new locations
    • A carefully balanced comic chorus
    • A continuous use of music and song

  16. What does Williams suggest about the American South in the play?

    • That its traditions are a source of simple, uncomplicated happiness
    • That its traditions of wealth and pride often hide deep moral and emotional failures
    • That its wealth is always shared fairly among its citizens
    • That its families are free from conflict and lies

  17. How is the play's title connected to Maggie's behaviour?

    • It refers to her membership in a local club
    • It refers to her skill in cooking and domestic work
    • It refers to her love of animals and farm life
    • It refers to her restless, frustrated attempts to hold on to her place in the marriage

  18. What is Maggie's main concern for the family's future?

    • Finding a career as a professional singer
    • Leaving the Pollitt family to live alone
    • Securing her share of Big Daddy's estate and her future with Brick
    • Moving the family to a larger city in the North

  19. What is the effect of Brick's silence in the play?

    • It shows that he has found peace with his past
    • It shows that he is indifferent to his family
    • It creates tension, as the audience senses his inner suffering and his resistance to others
    • It shows that he has no emotional life at all

  20. Which best describes the play's ending?

    • Big Daddy recovers and the family celebrates his health
    • Gooper takes control of the estate and the family is united
    • The family's conflicts remain unresolved, leaving the future uncertain
    • Brick and Maggie leave the plantation and find lasting happiness

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