Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What icon of stage and screen did Williams recruit to appear in "Night of the Iguana?" (from Kookhood)

Bette Davis.

Elizabeth Taylor.

Joan Crawford.

Katherine Hepburn.

2.

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

Williams had contact with his family within a few weeks.

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.

3.

What was another sign that Williams' paranoia seemed to deepen after the split with Kazan? (from Kookhood)

Tennessee decided to get a different agent to handle his European affairs.

He would allow only his brother, Dakin to read his scripts before production.

Williams was on the set day and night throughout production, checking every detail.

Tennessee became very suspicious of his agent, Audrey Wood, accusing her of never supporting him and working against him.

4.

How did Tennessee Williams describe his motivation for writing in "Blood - Hot and Personal"? (from Blood — Hot and Personal)

Williams said his work demonstrated the human heat in conflict with itself.

To avoid his brother's fate of going to law school.

He told one critic that his work was yearning and "a deep cry for love."

To pay the bills for his sister's hospitalization.

5.

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

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

Brando's acting was unpredictable.

Brando could speak a convincing black dialect.

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

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