Streetcar Quiz

How many yeas after WW2 ended was Williams play first performed?

What's Stanleys second name

Name the place where Stella lives in New Orleans and which streetcars Blanche has to take to get there

What does Stanley think about Blanche's possessions in her trunk?

What does Stanley discover in her trunk when he aggressively goes through her things?

What was the name of the sisters family home?

What kind of building was it?

Why do the family lot live there anymore?

Why is Blanche attracted to Midge in particular?

Blanche waltzes to the music with romantic gestures. Mitch is delighted and moves in [blank_start]awkward[blank_end] imitation [blank_start]like a dancing bear[blank_end]

In scene 4 Stella reminisced about her wedding night telling Blanche that Stanley [blank_start]smashes[blank_end] all the [blank_start]light-bulbs[blank_end] with the [blank_start]heel[blank_end] of my slipper

Name 3 insults Blanche calls Stanley throughout the play

What does Stanley do during the poker night that demonstrates his violent nature?

In scene 6 Blanche tells Stella her worries about Stanley and tries to get her to leave her life with him in a long speech: in this dark march towards whatever it is we're approaching..... Don't - don't [blank_start]go hang back with the brutes [blank_end]

Blanche tells Stella that [blank_start]soft[blank_end] people have to- shimmer and glow- put a - [blank_start]paper lantern over the light [blank_end]

Names any songs or music that you can remember from streetcar e.g the jazz tracks from the street, Blanche's songs she sings in the bath or the music associated with Allen Grey

Scene 8 Stanley loses his temper during the birthday meal. What does he say to Blanche and Stella after having hurled a plate to the floor?

What birthday present does he give her?

What does Blanche call the hotel she uses to stay at which now threatens to totally destroy her reputation?

In scene 10 Stanley pursues Blanche around the apartment before he presumably rapes her at the end. Can you remember any of the dialogue from this menacing scene?

What sounds and shapes are heard and seen on scene 10 that shows Blanche is under threat and mirror the corruption and violence of the world both inside and outside the tiny apartment

What object does Stanley remove and hand over to Blanche when she is reluctant to leave at the end- what is significant about it?

What is the last sentence in the play and why is it relevant?

What was Stella doing as the curtains came down?