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🎭 A Streetcar Named Desire – A-level
English Literature · A-level — practises characters, symbols, themes and quotations from Williams' play
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Questions
What is the name of the DuBois family plantation that Blanche says has been lost?
Moon Lake
Laurel
Elysian Fields
Belle Reve
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In Scene 1, Blanche takes a streetcar named Desire. What is the next streetcar she has to transfer to?
Elysian Fields
Belle Reve
Paradise
Cemeteries
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Which memory does the Varsouviana polka bring back for Blanche?
Her dismissal from the school in Laurel
The night her young husband Allan shot himself
Her first meeting with Shep Huntleigh
The day Belle Reve was finally sold
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In Scene 3, Blanche asks Mitch to cover the bare bulb with a paper lantern. What does this mainly reveal about her?
She wants to make the flat look more expensive
She wants to signal that a party is starting
She wants to hide her age and past from harsh light
She is trying to save electricity for Stella
30s
What do Blanche's frequent, long baths most often symbolise in the play?
Her preparation for a new teaching job
Her wish to return to the Old South's wealth
An attempt to wash away guilt and her past
Her plan to annoy Stanley into leaving
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What birthday present does Stanley give Blanche in Scene 8?
A bottle of whiskey to share
A rhinestone tiara for her party
A telegram from Shep Huntleigh
A bus ticket back to Laurel
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In Scene 8 Stanley declares 'Every man is a king!' Which politician is he quoting?
Andrew Jackson
Huey Long
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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In Scene 9, who tears the paper lantern off the light bulb?
Stella
Stanley
Eunice
Mitch
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To whom does Blanche say 'I have always depended on the kindness of strangers'?
The doctor
Stella
The matron
Mitch
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Which event in Tennessee Williams' own life is often linked to Blanche being taken to an asylum?
His father lost a cotton plantation
His mother was sent to a sanatorium
His brother was dismissed as a teacher
His sister Rose underwent a lobotomy
30s