the glass menagerie exam

Question 1

5 ways that the play is autobiographical

Answer 1

williams father was a travleing salesman
tom’s father was never at home
williams worked in a shoe factory like tom
tom and williams both had creative writings such as poems
tom and williams both have crippled sisters
williams mother was hysterical
tom’s mother is naggy/crazy

Question 2

3 reasons tom wants to escape

Answer 2

he wants to escape burden of providing for family
creativeness is stifled in factory
mother is constantly nagging at him and treating him like a child

Question 3

how does williams create a memory play

Answer 3

uses dancelike movements
there are no small props used
uses the projector to include past memories

Question 4

time and setting

Answer 4

1930’s

st. louis missouri

Question 5

signifigancce of setting

Answer 5

uneasiness felt in apartment is symmetrical to the feeling outside the U.S. before WWII

Question 6

examples of feathering nest

Answer 6

amanda purchases floor lamp
there are covers on the chair and sofa
she buys new curtains

Question 7

examples of pluming the bird

Answer 7

buys a nice dress
stuff bra
does hair and makeup

Question 8

biggest situational irony in hthe play

Answer 8

jim ends up being the gentleman caller

Question 9

name of the dance hall

Answer 9

paradise dance hall

Question 10

four symbols of tom’s escape

Answer 10

fire escape
drinking
writing
merchant marines

Question 11

caller’s full name

Answer 11

james delaney o connor

Question 12

laura’s comfort

Answer 12

menageries/ victrola

Question 13

name of yearbook/highscool/operetta

Answer 13

the torch
soldan
the pirates of penzance

Question 14

two examples of dramatic irony

Answer 14

we know that jim is engaged for amanda does

we know how the lights go out before amanda does

Question 15

what colors does laura wear

Answer 15

rose and white

Question 16

“They’re one hundred times on thousand. You’re one times one!

Answer 16

jjim to laura

Question 17

It belongs to animals

Answer 17

amanda talking about instinct

Question 18

but I wont allow such filth to be brought into my house

Answer 18

amanda talking about d h lawrence novels

Question 19

im a hired assassin. I carry a tommy gun in a volin case. I run a string of cat houses in the valley

Answer 19

tom

Question 20

I tried to leave you behind me but I am more faithful that I intended to be “

Answer 20

tom to laura

Question 21

maginfied a thousand times by your imagination

Answer 21

Jim to laura

Question 22

thats when adventure becomes available to the masses

Answer 22

Tom

Question 23

or is your program filled up

Answer 23

Jim to Laura

Question 24

you have to face the facts– she is

Answer 24

tom to amanda

Question 25

I think he really goes in for self improvment

Answer 25

tom about Jim

Question 26

its no tragedy, freckles

Answer 26

laura o jim

Question 27

what a wonderful joke you played on us

Answer 27

amanda to jim

Question 28

how does amanda escape

Answer 28

by going to the DAR meetings and thinking about her past

Question 29

where does tom work

Answer 29

continental shoemakers