A Streetcar Named Desire: Quotes

Question 1

Scene 1, Blanche: [her appearance is ___________ to the setting]

Answer 1

[her appearance is incongruous to the setting]

Question 2

Scene 1, Blanche: [her ________ ______ must avoid a _____ _____]

Answer 2

[her delicate beauty must avoid a strong light]

Question 3

Scene 1, Blanche: “I won’t be looked at in this _________ _____!”

Answer 3

“I won’t be looked at in this merciless glare!”

Question 4

Scene 1, Blanche: “Daylight never exposed so _____ a ____!”

Answer 4

“Daylight never exposed so total a ruin!”

Question 5

Scene 1, Blanche: “I can’t be _____!”

Answer 5

“I can’t be alone!”

Question 6

Scene 1, Blanche: “Where were you? In bed with your - ______!”

Answer 6

“Where were you? In bed with your - Polack!”

Question 7

Scene 2, Blanche: “Feeling like a brand new _____ _____!”

Answer 7

“Feelings like a brand new human being!”

Question 8

Scene 2, Blanche: “A little bit on the _________ ____ I should think.”

Answer 8

“A little bit on the primitive side I should think.”

Question 9

Scene 2, Blanche: “___ _____ of your _____ insults them.”

Answer 9

“The touch of your hands insults them.”

Question 10

Scene 2, Blanche: “epic ____________”

Answer 10

“epic fornications”

Question 11

Scene 2, Blanche: “big, _______ _____”

Answer 11

“big, capable hands”

Question 12

Scene 2, Blanche: [the ____ _____ sounds louder]

Answer 12

[the blue piano sounds louder]

Question 13

Scene 2, Blanche: “The _____ are _______ the _____.”

Answer 13

“The blind are leading the blind.”

Question 14

Scene 3, Blanche: “Do I look ____ __?”

Answer 14

“Do I look done in?”

Question 15

Scene 3, Blanche: “Is he a ____?”

Answer 15

“Is he a wolf?”

Question 16

Scene 3, Blanche: I haven’t noticed a _____ of ______.”

Answer 16

“I haven’t noticed a stamp of genius.”

Question 17

Scene 3, Blanche: [____ ___ satin]

Answer 17

[dark red satin]

Question 18

Scene 3, Blanche: “I need ________ now.”

Answer 18

“I need kindness now.”

Question 19

Scene 4, Blanche: “The only way to live with such a man is to - __ __ ___ ____ ___”

Answer 19

“The only way to live with such a man is to - go to bed with him”

Question 20

Scene 4, Blanche: “Stanley Kowalski - ________ __ ___ _____ ___”

Answer 20

“Stanley Kowalski - survivor of the stone age”

Question 21

Scene 4, Blanche: “Don’t ____ ____ ____ ___ ______”

Answer 21

“Don’t hang back with the brutes”

Question 22

Scene 5, Blanche: “_____ is the ______”

Answer 22

“Virgo is the virgin”

Question 23

Scene 5, Blanche: “One _____ ____ to another _____ ____”

Answer 23

“One leaky roof to another leaky roof”

Question 24

Scene 5, Blanche: “My pretty _____ skirt”

Answer 24

“My pretty white skirt”

Question 25

Scene 5, Blanche: "I've got to be good and ____ __ _____ ___ ________"

Answer 25

"I've got to be good and keep my hands off children"

Question 26

Scene 6, Blanche: "We are going to be very ________"

Answer 26

"We are going to be very Bohemian"

Question 27

Scene 6, Blanche: "A girl _____ in the world"

Answer 27

"A girl alone in the world"

Question 28

Scene 6, Blanche: "The __________ which had been turned on the _____ was ______ ___ again"

Answer 28

"The searchlight which had been turned on the world was turned off again"

Question 29

Scene 8, Blanche: [she _______ her throat]

Answer 29

[she clutches her throat]

Question 30

Scene 9, Blanche: [_____, ________ polka tune]

Answer 30

[rapid, feverish polka tune]

Question 31

Scene 9, Blanche: "You've stopped that _____ ____"

Answer 31

"You've stopped that polka tune"

Question 32

Scene 9, Blanche: "I tell what _____ __ __ _____. And if that is ______, then let me be ______ for it."

Answer 32

"I tell what ought to be truth. And if that is sinful then let me be damned for it."

Question 33

Scene 9, Blanche: "Don't ____ ___ _____ on!"

Answer 33

"Don't turn the light on!"

Question 34

Scene 9, Blanche: "my _______"

Answer 34

"my victims"

Question 35

Scene 9, Blanche: "_______ for some __________"

Answer 35

"hunting for some protection"

Question 36

Scene 9, Blanche: [the _______ piano is ____ and ____]

Answer 36

[the distant piano is slow and blue]

Question 37

Scene 10, Blanche: "it's only ___________"

Answer 37

"it's only rhinestones"

Question 38

Scene 10, Blanche: "physical beauty is passing. A __________ __________"

Answer 38

"physical beauty is passing. A transitory possession"

Question 39

Scene 10, Blanche: "casting my ______ before _____"

Answer 39

"casting my pearls before swine"

Question 40

Scene 10, Blanche: "caught in a ____"

Answer 40

"caught in a trap"

Question 41

Scene 10, Blanche: [the _______ ______ ______ rise up]

Answer 41

[the inhuman jungle voices rise up]

Question 42

Scene 11, Blanche: "please ____ ___ ________ before I come out"

Answer 42

"please close the curtains before I come out"

Question 43

Scene 11, Blanche: [she has a ______ ________]

Answer 43

[she has a tragic radiance]

Question 44

Scene 11, Blanche: [a look of _________ __________]

Answer 44

[a look of sorrowful perplexity]

Question 45

Scene 11, Blanche: "this place is a ____!"

Answer 45

"this place is a trap!"

Question 46

Scene 11, Blanche: "I'm going to ___ __ ___ ___."

Answer 46

"I'm going to die on the sea."

Question 47

Scene 11, Blanche: [_____ reflections]

Answer 47

[lurid reflections]

Question 48

Scene 11, Blanche: "I have always ________ on the ________ __ _________"

Answer 48

"I have always depended on the kindness of strangers"

Question 49

Scene 1, Stanley: "____!"

Answer 49

"Meat!"

Question 50

Scene 1, Stanley: "__ __________ is my motto."

Answer 50

"be comfortable is my motto."

Question 51

Scene 2, Stanley: "let's see the ______."

Answer 51

"let's see the papers."

Question 52

Scene 2, Stanley: "What belongs to the ____ also belongs to the _______ and ____ _____."

Answer 52

"What belongs to the wife also belongs to the husband and vice versa."

Question 53

Scene 2, Stanley: "I said, __ ____?"

Answer 53

"I said, so what?"

Question 54

Scene 2, Stanley: "Lay her _____ on the _____"

Answer 54

"Lay her cards on the table"

Question 55

Scene 2, Stanley: [he ______ the atomizer]

Answer 55

[he seizes the atomizer]