Thomas - The Glass Managerie Review
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- C
- What is Amanda most concerned that Tom's friend, the gentleman caller, not be? a) Overly intelligent. b) Canadian c) A drunk. d) Tubercular
- B
- The action of the play is set to which era of American History. a) Reconstruction. b) The Great Depression. c) The Roaring Twenties. d) The Swell Fifties.
- B
- What class did Jim and Laura have together in high school? a) wood shop. b) chorus. c) spanish III. d) metal shop.
- B
- What does Amanda make Tom promise that he will never be? a) a lawyer. b) a drunkard. c) an oboist. d) a money lender.
- D
- What is across the alley from the Wingfield's apartment? a) a church. b) a speakeasy. c) a library. d) a dance hall.
- B
- Where does Tom work? a) at a pharmacy b) at a shoe warehouse. c) at a flower shop. d) for the newspaper.
- B
- How did Tennessee Williams refer to the 1960's? a) as his "everlasting summer of love". b) as his "stoned age". c) as "the winter of my discontent". d) as "the age of revolution through theatre".
- D
- How does Tom plunge the family into darkness? a) by not paying the water bill. b) by not paying the gas bill. c) by not paying the phone bill. d) by not paying the light bill.
- D
- What is Laura's favorite animal among her glass figurines? a) a fawn. b) a leopard. c) a dinosaur. d) a unicorn.
- B
- For what does Tom pay membership sues with the money earmarked for the abovemetioned bill? a) the union of industrial shipping clerks and stockmen. b) the union of merchant seamen. c) the united brotherhood of railcar apartment. d) the society of poets and writers.
- D
- Amanda returns a library book that Tom has checked out. Who is the author of this book? a) Hart Crane. b) Frederick Nietzsche. c) Henrik Ibsen. d) D.H. Lawrence.
- A
- In what is Jim taking night courses in? a) radio engineering and public speaking. b) home economics and desktop publishing. c) business administration and product developement. d) sufi asceticism and prue land buddhism.
- A
- What, according to Tom, is man by instinct? a) a lover, a hunter, a fighter. b) a dancer, a singer, a cook. c) a sprinter, a builder, an achiever. d) a poet, a martyr, a soothsayer.
- B
- According to Tom, where does he spend most of his nights? a) a the smoky jazz joints. b) at the movies. c) at his best girl's house. d) at the offices of the Cleveland Plain Dealer
- D
- For whom did Tom's father work for? a) a canned goods business. b) the department of the interior. c) a glue manufacturer. d) the telephone company.
- A
- The play is a "memory play". From which character's memory is it drawn? a) Tom's. b) Amanda's. c) Laura's. d) Mr. Wingfield's
- B
- At the beginning of the play, where is Laura supposedly attending classes? a) at a language college. b) at a business college. c) at a dance academy. d) at a high school.
- B
- What do the Wingfields have instead of a porch? a) a marble balcony. b) a fire-escape landing. c) the neighbor's roof. d) cable tv.
- A
- Of what origin is Jim's family? a) Irish. b) african-american. c) spanish. d) russian.
- A
- What does Tom like to write? a) Poetry. b) musical librettos. c) journalistic dispatches. d) bad checks.
- D
- Where does the play take place? a) cleveland. b) New York City. c) Mississippi. d) St. Louis.
- C
- Why did Jim call Laura "Blue Roses"? a) because she wore blue roses in her hair. b) because it was the title of a popular song. c) becuase it sounds like "pleurosis". d) because he called all girls that.
- B
- Why will Jim not call again on the Wingfields? a) he is too shy. b) he is engaged. c) he is leaving town. d) he is put off by laura.
- B
- For what does Amanda conduct a telephone campaign in order to make extra money? a) a local election. b) magazine subscriptions. c) a charity. d) temperance.
- D
- What is Jim's nickname for Tom? a) marlow. b) johnson. c) webster. d) shakespeare.