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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Quiz

Tennessee Williams
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Quiz

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1)

Why have all the people gathered at the Pollitt home? (from Act 2)

Big Daddy and Big Mama's anniversary party
Big Daddy's retirement party
Big Daddy's Bon Voyage party
Big Daddy's birthday celebration
2)

What does Brick say about Maggie's plan? (from Act 3)

He will not participate
Nothing
He is appalled
He is angry
3)

What role does Big Mama hold in the family? (from Act 2)

Matriarch
Business person
Cook
Religious conscience
4)

What is Big Mama's physical appearance? (from Act 2)

Short and skinny
Tall and slender
Statuesque and willowy
Short and overweight
5)

From whom did Big Daddy buy the plantation? (from Act 2)

Mae's family
The Belvedere brothers
Mr. Straw and Mr. Ochello
Mr. Johnson Hall
6)

Where are the other party guests? (from Act 2)

The den
The gallery
The back patio
The veranda
7)

Why does Maggie want to have a child? (from Act 3)

To have something to do
To have someone who looks like Brick
To have someone who looks like her
To secure the family inheritance
8)

Maggie will provide __________________ for Big Daddy. (from Act 3)

a comfortable room
medical care
a dying wish
entertainment
9)

What are Big Daddy's intentions regarding pleasure now? (from Act 2)

He wants to take a second honeymoon with Big Mama
He wants to shower Big Mama with gifts
He wants to find his old girlfriends
He wants to make up for lost time
10)

What do the household staff members bring into the room? (from Act 2)

More chairs
Party guests
Birthday cake and champagne
Hors d'ouevres
11)

Why can Big Daddy not improve with surgery? (from Act 3)

His blood pressure is too high
There are no transplant organs available
He is too old
The cancer is too invasive
12)

With what does Big Daddy tell Brick he is familiar? (from Act 2)

Living with mendacity
Having affairs
Drinking too much
Hating his life
13)

Big Daddy tells Big Mama that she is no longer in charge of the plantation because ________________________. (from Act 2)

He has left it to Brick
He is healthy now
He has sold it
He has left it to Gooper
14)

How do Gooper and Mae know that Brick refuses to sleep with Maggie? (from Act 3)

They hear it through the bedroom wall
Maggie has told Big Mama
Brick has told Gooper
Maggie has told Mae
15)

What is Big Mama's demeanor? (from Act 2)

Reserved
Demure
Sullen
Coarse
16)

Big Mama thinks that Big Daddy just needs ________________________. (from Act 3)

a good night's sleep
a drive around the plantation
a stiff drink
a good cigar
17)

According to Gooper and Mae, why should Maggie not share in the inheritance? (from Act 3)

She is childless
She doesn't know how to manage money
She is a slut
She is stupid
18)

What did Brick do when a drunken Skipper had called him to confess his feelings? (from Act 2)

Quit his job
Ended his marriage
Hung up on him
Slept with his wife
19)

What does Maggie tell Brick after the family has left their bedroom? (from Act 3)

She wants him to be more aggressive about the will
She thanks him for not exposing her lie
She wants a divorce
She wants to go home tomorrow
20)

Big Daddy and Big Mama's marriage is not _____________. (from Act 3)

average
ideal
made in heaven
blissful
21)

Big Daddy admits that making love to Big Mama always ______________ him. (from Act 2)

validated
calmed
excited
repulsed
22)

According to Big Mama, what did Big Daddy do this evening? (from Act 3)

Ate a huge meal
Drank too much champagne
Enjoyed his grandchildren
Enjoyed his birthday cake
23)

What does Brick say the world is full of? (from Act 2)

Cheats
Alcoholics
Mendacity
Cripples
24)

According to Big Mama, why should Big Daddy be able to rest now? (from Act 3)

Planting season is over
Tax season is over
The cancer scare is over
He has a full belly
25)

Big Daddy thinks he has escaped ______________________. (from Act 2)

A diagnosis of cancer
A malaria epidemic
A stock market crash
Divorce from Big Mama
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