A Streetcar Named Desire Scenes 1 - 3

What does Blanche claim to hate, and yet always seems to be drinking?

• Coke

• Dr. Pepper

• Water

• Alcohol

Stella and Stanley live on what street (symblic of death)?

• Sesame St.

• Elysian Fields

• Mustang Drive

• Drunk Drive

What type of music plays every time Blanche's former husband is mentioned?

• Trap music

• The theme song to NBC's "The Office"

• Polka music

• Maui sings "You're Welcome!" in the background while Moana throws shells at Blanche's face

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What kind of vendor appears and calls out "Red Hot!" at the end of Scene 2, and what does it imply?

• A pizza delivery boy, implying that they won't get a discount on six pizzas

• A tamale vendor, implying that things are getting "heated"

• A pocorn vendor, implying that things are about get poppin'

• A newspaper boy, implying that big news is coming

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Who does Stanley hit in Scene 3, and why?

• Blanche, because she's been talking junk

• Michael, for being a terrible manager

• His own reflection in the mirror, because he's ugly

• Stella, because he's drunk and she was playing music too loud

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Why does Blanche avoid the light and "naked" light bulbs?

• She doesn't want to reveal her true age

• Her powers are only activated by darkness

• She is terrified the light bulbs will come to life and bite her

• She is a werewolf

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Blanche's name translates to "white", which often symbolizes...

• Purity and innocence

• Snow

• Supremacy

• Dandruff

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Stella's name means "star", which could suggest that she symbolizes...

• Jesus

• Nighttime

• Goodness and hope

• Evil and despair

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What sound do we often hear when Stanley approaches or is mentioned in the play?

• Polka music

• A train

• Tap dancing

• A man shouting, "IT'S PRETZEL DAY!"

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What does Blanche think Stella should do after Stanley hits her?

• Murder him in his sleep

• Tickle him furiously until he wets himself

• Sell all his clothes so that he has to live his life naked

• "Face facts" that he's a monster and leave him

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