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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what town does Stanley say he heard Blanche used to frequent a seedy hotel?
(a) Birmingham
(b) Orlando
(c) Laurel
(d) New Orleans

2. Who threatens to call the police if her husband hits her?
(a) Eunice
(b) Blanche
(c) The old Negro woman
(d) Stella

3. What does Stanley caress as they make up after their argument?
(a) Stella's belly
(b) Stella's arm
(c) Stella's hand
(d) Stella's rear

4. When Stanley offers Blanche a drink, how does she answer?
(a) She says she rarely touches liquor
(b) She asks Stella if it's okay
(c) She immediately accepts
(d) She says she's already had a few

5. What does Stella ask Stanley to do for Blanche?
(a) Compliment her
(b) Buy her more liquor
(c) Let her use their phone
(d) Take her out

Short Answer Questions

1. Who enters the apartment unnoticed as a loud train passes by?

2. Where are Stella and Blanche planning to go together?

3. What causes Blanche to scream after Stella pours her a coke?

4. What is Blanche wearing when she steps out of her bath?

5. After Blanche took a streetcar named Desire, what was the next car she needed to take?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to let Blanche and Stanley to be alone together?

2. What does Blanche do when she finds a bottle of whiskey in Stella's apartment?

3. What shows that Stella is not upset about the previous night's events anymore?

4. What happens after Stanley throws the radio out of the window?

5. How does Blanche mock her sister's desire?

6. How could a reader describe Stanley Kowalski?

7. What does Stella reveal about Mitch and what does she think of him?

8. What proof does Stanley find that makes him believe that Blanche may have spent an inheritance?

9. What is happening between Eunice and Steve at the beginning of scene 5 that frightens Blanche?

10. Who is playing poker with Stanley at the beginning of Scene 3?

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