A Streetcar Named Desire

Question 1

There is extensive exposition in denouement in the play ( true or false)

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Which of the following was NOT a major character in the play A Streetcar Named Desire?
• Stella Kowalski
• Stanley Kowalski
• Blanche Dubois
• Nicholas Harold

Answer 2

Nicholas Harold

Question 3

Which of the following best describes Stanley’s personality?
• He lives in a fundamental world of no frill or refinement.
• He has a certain proper quality about him.
• He is nonviolent and non aggressive.
• He maintains a degree of innocence.

Answer 3

He lives in a fundamental world of no frill or refinement.

Question 4

Which of the following LEAST describes Blanche?
• She is a woman of “illusions”.
• She lost herself in the arms of strange men.
• She has a certain animal quality about her.
• She comes from a proper, cultured upbringing.

Answer 4

• She has a certain animal quality about her.

Question 5

The video of Streetcar uses sight and sound to convey mood/conflict.
• True
• False

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Streetcar fits into the category of Allusive Realism.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

the unannounced arrival of Blanche DuBois at her sister Stella’s small apartment in New Orleans, which Stella lives in with her husband Stanley

Answer 7

The indicting incident

Question 8

After Stanley treats Blanche cruelly during her birthday dinner, giving her a bus ticket back to Laurel as a present, Stella goes into labor

Answer 8

Climax