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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maggie call Mae's children?
(a) No-neck monsters
(b) Little darlings
(c) Balls of sugar
(d) Minor annoyances

2. What is Mae's family background?
(a) A snooty family from Boston
(b) Prominent family in Memphis
(c) Poor white trash from Tupelo
(d) Cultured family from New Orleans

3. What is the setting for the play's opening act?
(a) The veranda
(b) The town social
(c) A bedroom
(d) By the river

4. Who does Big Mama blame for the demise of Brick and Maggie's marriage?
(a) Brick
(b) Skipper
(c) Maggie
(d) Gooper

5. Who does Big Mama talk to on the phone about Big Daddy's diagnosis?
(a) Miss Sally
(b) Mae
(c) Miss Ellie
(d) Reverend Mitchell

Short Answer Questions

1. How many acts are in this play?

2. How did Brick sustain his recent injury?

3. How many children does Mae have?

4. With whom had people thought Brick had an inappropriate relationship?

5. According to Maggie, you can be young without ______________ but you cannot be old without it.

(see the answer key)

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