A Streetcar Named Desire

Reading Check questions are designed for in-class review on key plot points or for quick verbal or written assessments. Multiple Choice and Short Answer Quizzes create ideal summative assessments, and collectively function to convey a sense of the work’s tone and themes.

Scenes 1-3

Reading Check

1. What is the name of the street Stella and Stanley live on?

2. What is Stanley carrying when he first appears?

3. What is the name of the plantation home that is now lost?

4. What subject did Blanche teach?

5. With whom does Blanche flirt at poker night?

6. Why does Stella hide upstairs at Eunice’s?

Multiple Choice

1. In the stage directions, Blanche, wearing a white suit, is compared to:

A) a bride

B) a cloud

C) a moth

D) a daisy

2. Based on her words and actions, which set of character traits best describes Blanche in scenes 1-3?

A) delicate, proud, and confused

B) bold, loud, and sassy

C) demure, honest, polite

D) clumsy, conceited, energetic

3. What does Blanche do to calm her nerves?

A) play the radio

B) play poker

C) wash dishes

D) take a bath

4. What does Blanche say she’ll “burn” after Stanley has touched them?

A)her clothes

B) her love letters

C) her pearls

D) her glasses

5. What does Stanley cite as the reason he is entitled to Belle Reve?

A) Morse code