View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gave Laurie the letter that she brings to Blanche in Act II?
(a) Mrs. Murphy
(b) Eugene Jerome
(c) Nora Jerome
(d) Frank Murphy

2. Why is Frank at fault for his hospitalization in Act II?
(a) He was beaten up at a poker game
(b) He was driving drunk
(c) He was baiting a dog that bit him
(d) He was arrested after hitting a policeman

3. How much money does Stanley say he lost in November and claimed he had a hole in his pocket?
(a) $5
(b) $2
(c) $20
(d) $10

4. Blanche asks Kate in Act II if she remembers how their mother cried when who left home?
(a) Sarah
(b) Elizabeth
(c) Celia
(d) Audrey

5. Laurie first says that her mother looks like what movie star when she descends the stairs for her date in Act II?
(a) Irene Dunne
(b) Rosalind Russell
(c) Betty Grable
(d) Katharine Hepburn

6. How much money does Jack say he just paid the doctor in Act II?
(a) $30
(b) $20
(c) $5
(d) $15

7. How much money does Kate give to Eugene to buy ice cream with in Act II?
(a) $3
(b) $2
(c) $1
(d) $4

8. Eugene says he guesses his mom is upset because she and Jack can’t go to the affair where in Act II?
(a) The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(b) The Commodore Hotel
(c) Carnegie Hall
(d) The Avery Theater

9. What is the name of the friend Blanche says she’s going to stay with in Act II?
(a) Louise
(b) Emily
(c) Nora
(d) Sarah

10. Due to Jack’s health, Jack and Kate are unable to go to an affair to see who with his orchestra in Act II?
(a) Roger Waters
(b) Glen Gray
(c) James Taylor
(d) Lawrence Welk

11. How long does Blanche ask to keep the girls at the Jerome house while she looks for work in Act II?
(a) A few weeks
(b) A couple of days
(c) Another year
(d) Two months

12. What brand of cigarettes does Stanley say he smokes in Act II?
(a) Marlboros
(b) Parliaments
(c) Lucky Strikes
(d) Camels

13. Of the letter that Blanche receives in Act II, Eugene says, “It was a sad letter, all right, but it sure was well written. Maybe I should have been born” where?
(a) In Spain
(b) In Ireland
(c) In Russia
(d) In the South

14. What does Jack do for nine hours a day for his primary job?
(a) Cuts raincoats
(b) Sells ice cream
(c) Drives a taxi
(d) Assembles car parts

15. Stanley has been fired from his job for doing what?
(a) Standing up for a coworker
(b) Beating up his coworker
(c) Being persistently late to work
(d) Stealing from his boss

Short Answer Questions

1. Eugene tells Stanley in Act II that their father threw the newspaper at him for what reason?

2. Who is Blanche preparing to go on a date with in the opening of Act II?

3. How is the letter signed that Blanche receives in Act II?

4. Stanley makes Eugene promise him that he’ll do what in the future in Act II?

5. Eugene says that his cousin Nora has been seeing what guy every night in Act II?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 542 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample