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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Blanche think Mitch will lose interest in her?
2. What does Stella confess that Stanley did on their wedding night?
3. In what city does the story take place?
4. How does Stella view the answer to #76?
5. What will Stanley be doing when the women are out?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Blanche do when she finds a bottle of whiskey in Stella's apartment?
2. What happens between Blanche and the teenage boy that comes to collect for the newspaper?
3. What happens to let Blanche and Stanley to be alone together?
4. What solution to the argument between Eunice and Steve does Stella find more practical?
5. What does Stella reveal about Mitch and what does she think of him?
6. What has happened to Belle Reve, according to Blanche and to the papers she shows Stanley from her trunk?
7. What proof does Stanley find that makes him believe that Blanche may have spent an inheritance?
8. What happened on Stella's wedding night that horrifies Blanche, but Stella admits thrilled her?
9. What shows that Stella is not upset about the previous night's events anymore?
10. What does Blanche tell Stella about her reason for coming to New Orleans?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Belle Reve seems to be the last straw for Blanche's sanity and her life. But what really happened to Belle Reve? What do you think happened? Why has this affected Blanche in the way that it does? What other explanation could there be for the downfall of Belle Reve?
Essay Topic 2
Stella, it seems, left her family in order to be with Stanley. Why do you think she deserted Blanche? Or is that not the case? Why do you think Stella stayed away from Blanche, not even introducing her to her husband? Or was the estrangement mutual? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
The landlords that live above Stanley and Stella seems to foreshadow the future to which Stella and Stanley can look forward. Is Eunice and Steve's relationship a healthy one? Why or why not? What makes them a couple whom Stella and Stanley can admire? Anything? What is their purpose in the play?
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