Question

anyone read the glass menagerie who can check my answers?

Answer 1

1. Which word best describes both Tom and Amanda?

aggressive --

frail

gentle

controlling



Question 2. 2. Amanda's nagging behavior toward her children is, in her view, motivated by __________.
(Points : 3)
her dreams of the past

her fear of financial ruin --

her affection for them

her religious beliefs



Question 3. 3. When Jim visits, why does Amanda pretend that Laura has made the dinner?
(Points : 3)
Amanda really believes Laura made the dinner.

Amanda knows Jim is engaged to Betty.

Amanda wants to present Laura as a young woman ready to be a good wife. --

Amanda feels nervous around the confident Jim O'Connor.



Question 4. 4. Which word best describes Jim's feelings about his future?
(Points : 3)
confused

positive --

indifferent

uncertain



Question 5. 5. What word best describes Tom's feelings toward his sister?
(Points : 3)
disrespectful

delusional

angry

affectionate --



Question 6. 6. What effect does Jim have on Laura once they are alone?
(Points : 3)
He makes her shyer than she already is.

He engages her in a real conversation.--

He convinces her to get married.

He causes her to hate her mother.



Question 7. 7. When Amanda hears about Jim's engagement, what does she think?
(Points : 3)
that Jim is selfish and rude to have kept the secret

that her son had already learned of Jim's plans to marry --

that Laura's disability drove Jim away

that Laura can still win Jim away from Betty



Question 8. 8. Amanda's refusal to let Tom call Laura "crippled" is an example of Amanda's __________.
(Points : 3)
inability to face reality --

obsession with the past

determination to be sensible

fear about her husband's return



Question 9. 9. Which character does the glass unicorn symbolize in the play?
(Points : 3)
Amanda

Laura --

Jim

Tom



Question 10. 10. What is the overall tone of The Glass Menagerie?
(Points : 3)
despair --

fury

passion

optimism



Question 11. 11. The playwright uses the screens, lighting, and music of the play to create a sense of __________.
(Points : 3)
beauty

unreality--
tension

danger



Question 12. 12. In The Glass Menagerie, the playwright uses the narrator to __________.
(Points : 3)
distract the audience from events on stage--

clarify the themes of the play

comment on the play's action and characters

explain the speeches of other characters



Question 13. 13. Why does Amanda make Tom promise not to be a drunkard?
(Points : 3)
She fears Tom will become like his father.--

She knows that drinking is unhealthy.

She thinks that drinking will upset Laura.

People in Blue Mountain never drank.



Question 14. 14. For what reason do the stage directions often call for light to shine on Laura when she is not part of a conversation?
(Points : 3)
to emphasize to viewers that she is central to the action--

to draw viewers' attention to her beauty

to distract viewers from events happening on stage

to suggest that she understands the truth about her family



Question 15. 15. At the opening of the play, Tom is dressed in a merchant sailor uniform, which foreshadows __________.
(Points : 3)
Tom's abandonment of his family--

Jim's behavior toward Laura

Tom's success as a writer

Amanda's anger at her son

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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