Lesson 4.2.2.5

4.2.2.5 A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Quiz: AQA English Literature A, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. In what year was Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire first produced on Broadway?

    • 1936
    • 1965
    • 1947
    • 1958

  2. Who is the central character of A Streetcar Named Desire?

    • Eunice Hubbell
    • Mitch Hubbell
    • Stella Kowalski
    • Blanche DuBois

  3. Where is the play set?

    • Chicago
    • Boston
    • London
    • New Orleans

  4. Who is Blanche's sister?

    • Eunice
    • Myrtle
    • Stella
    • Mitch

  5. Who is Stella's husband?

    • Mitch, Stanley's friend who courts Blanche before he rejects her in the final scenes
    • Allan Grey, the young husband whose death and secret shape Blanche's whole past
    • Stanley Kowalski
    • Harold, the young neighbour who pays attention to Stella and her sister in the street

  6. What is the name of the streetcar in the play's title?

    • Cemeteries
    • Elysian Fields
    • Lethe
    • Desire

  7. What is the name of the play's setting street?

    • Canal Street
    • Bourbon Street
    • Elysian Fields
    • Royal Street

  8. Which Pulitzer Prize did the play win in 1948?

    • Biography
    • Drama
    • Poetry
    • Fiction

  9. Which character is Blanche's suitor who ultimately rejects her?

    • Mitch
    • Stanley
    • Eunice
    • Harold

  10. What does the play's conflict between Blanche and Stanley represent?

    • A clash between two political parties
    • A clash between refinement and brutal force
    • A clash between two armies
    • A clash between two rival businesses

  11. Which term describes a character's romantic desire in Williams's play?

    • Desire
    • Honour
    • Penance
    • Thrift

  12. Which term describes a play's tragic character who is destroyed by a fatal flaw?

    • Comic relief, a character who lightens the mood of a play with humour and wit
    • Chorus member, a figure who comments on the action and reflects the audience's view
    • Stock villain, a stereotyped character who opposes the hero for the sake of the plot
    • Tragic protagonist

  13. Which phrase does Blanche use about relying on others?

    • I will never depend on anyone at all, not even the people who love me most dearly
    • I have always depended on the kindness of strangers
    • I have no need of company, and I prefer to sit alone in the dark each evening
    • I trust only my family and will not accept help from anyone outside the household

  14. Which theme does the play explore through Blanche's past?

    • Naval discipline
    • Farm mechanisation
    • Sexual shame and loss
    • The rise of trade unions

  15. Which film adaptation of the play starred Marlon Brando?

    • A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
    • Sunset Boulevard, the 1950 drama about a faded silent film star in Hollywood
    • Gone with the Wind, the 1939 epic set in the American South during the Civil War
    • The Philadelphia Story, the 1940 comedy about a society wedding in Philadelphia

  16. Evaluate: how does the play portray the American South's social hierarchy?

    • It shows the decline of old Southern gentility in a changing society
    • It shows the North as the only setting for conflict, while the South remains calm and settled
    • It celebrates the unchanged order of the plantation, with its old families and their traditions
    • It shows the South as a region without social classes, where everyone enjoys equal status

  17. Which term describes the play's focus on the inner emotional life of its characters?

    • Commedia dell'arte
    • Psychological realism
    • Epic theatre
    • Masque

  18. Which concept describes the play's critique of hypocrisy in society?

    • Imperial triumph
    • Moral hypocrisy
    • Pure comedy
    • Ecclesiastical doctrine

  19. Evaluate: why does the ending of the play matter for its meaning?

    • It shows Blanche triumphant at last, free from the cruelty of the men around her
    • It confirms Blanche's defeat and the destruction of her illusions
    • It shows the family moving to a new city, where they start again with a fresh life
    • It shows Stanley's total reform, as he becomes gentle and kind towards his sister-in-law

  20. Which statement best describes the play's treatment of gender?

    • It explores the constraints placed on women in post-war America
    • It presents men as entirely powerless
    • It ignores gender altogether
    • It presents women as equal in all respects in the post-war era

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