Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What did Dakin Williams do to intervene in his brother's downward spiral after the dearth of Frank Merlo? (from Waving and Drowning)

Dakin convinced Tennessee to come with him to a specialty hospital in St. Louis to be treated by a world-renown psychiatrist.

Dakin bought Tennessee a dog, to replace the one that had attacked him in Key West.

Dakin affirmed for his brother that they were the products of an insane family and that they were, in fact, sane.

He convinced Tennessee to come with him for a visit to their sister, Rose.

2.

How did Williams countermand the directions of Dr. Kubie? (from Beanstalk Country)

Williams said he could not afford to be hospitalized for three months.

He continued to drink, use drugs and write.

Williams refused to renounce his homosexuality.

Williams had contact with his family within a few weeks.

3.

What did one critic mean when he wrote that Marlon Brando's acting was like jazz? (from The Heart Can't Wait)

Brando could speak a convincing black dialect.

Brando's acting was unpredictable.

Brando's acting was a mish-mash of various styles and approaches

Brando's stage performances were spontaneous, improvisational like jazz solos.

4.

How did Tennessee Williams characterize his life? (from The Sudden Subway)

As "a never-ending contest with the squares of the world."

As a constant discovery and revelation of truth.

As the struggle of a gay artist to be accepted despite his sexual preference.

As a search for sanity and serenity is a life and world filled with madness.

5.

What condition did Dr. Lawrence Kubie insist upon before he would psychoanalyze Tennessee Williams? (from Beanstalk Country)

That Williams be hospitalized for three months at the start of his treatment.

That Williams have no contact with his family for six months.

That Williams would renounce his gay lifestyle.

Kubie wanted Williams to stop using drugs and alcohol before treatment.

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