Test Yo self!
Take out a sheet of paper and a copy of the play. Number your paper 1-35. We will look at 25 quotations and you will write the character who says the quotation. You may use your copy of the play to find them. Many of these quotations are on your test, therefore it will be wise for you to pay attention.
In this section, you must write the name of the person who SAID the quote on the screen. Options: Amanda Laura Tom Jim
1. You know what I judge to be the trouble with you? Inferiority complex!
2. Yesterday you confiscated my books!
3. I haven't enjoyed one bite of this dinner because of your constant directions on how to eat it.
4. I'm all right. I slipped, but I'm all right.
5. --you answer the door!
6. My callers were gentlemen--all!
7. Somebody--ought to--kiss you, Laura!
8. Go, then! Go to the moon--you selfish dreamer!
9. Only animals have to satisfy instincts. Surely your aims are slightly higher than theirs.
10. Poor little fellow he must feel sort of lonesome.
11. Couples would come outside to the relative privacy of the alley. You could see them kissing behind ash pits and telephone poles.
12. What are we going to do, what is going to become of us, what is the future?
13. It s rare for a girl as sweet and pretty as Laura to be domestic.
14. Candlelight is my favorite kind of light.
15. People are not so dreadful when you know them.
16. Isn t electricity a mysterious thing?
17. I didn t go to the moon, I went much further for time is the longest distance between two places.
18. Glass is something you have to take good care of.
19. For all these large buildings are always burning with the slow and implacable fires of human desperations.
20. I ll just imagine he had an operation. The horn was removed to make him feel less freakish!
21. Not downright homely, just medium homely I d say.
22. You and me, we are not the warehouse type.
23. Things have a way of turning out so badly.
24. Glass breaks so easily no matter how careful you are.
In this section, you must write the name of the character the event/action belongs to. Options: Amanda Laura Tom Jim Amanda s Husband
25. This character once saw a magic show where a magician managed to get out of a nailed up coffin.
26. This character slips on the fire escape after leaving the house.
27. This character got into a heated argument about human instinct, arguing that by nature, man is a lover, a hunter and a fighter.
28. This character begged another to help find a gentleman caller.
29. This character has a double standard about the appearances of women and men.
30. This character plans to join the Merchant Marines.
31. This character was the high school hero.
32. The unicorn is a symbol for this character.
33. The character convinces Laura that she has an inferiority complex, and that she should be more confident in who she is.
34. This character gets asked to dance.
35. This character was a charming drunkard who fell in love with long distances.
36. Make a prediction about Laura. What happens to her once Tom leaves? Explain in at least 3 sentences. Be specific.
37. Make a prediction about Amanda. What happens to her once Tom leaves? Explain in at least 3 sentences. Be specific.
38. What happens to Tom after he leaves? Does he ever come back? What about when Amanda passes away?) Is he happy? Explain in at least 3 sentences.
39. The climax of a play is the high point of the story-its most intensely emotional moment. What scene do you think marks the climax of The Glass Menagerie? Explain why in 3 sentences.
40. Besides the unicorn and fire escape, there are many other symbols in Scenes 6-7. Choose one and explain the symbolism and which character its connected to in 2-3 sentences. Laura s leg brace The movies The paradise dance hall The candles
41. In any story, complexity makes for interesting characters. Good drama rarely pits a good guy against a bad guy. The best drama often occurs when both people in a conflict are right. Do you sympathize with Amanda, even though she causes her children to suffer? Do you think Tom and Laura are both wrong and right? Explain in 2-3 sentences.
42. Is Jim leading Laura on, or does he experience sincere feelings? How do you know? Explain in 2-3 sentences.
43. How accurate is Jim s analysis of Laura s inferiority problems? How do you judge Jim as he is saying all this? Is he cruel? Understanding? What do his remarks tell us about him? Answer in 2-3 sentences.
44. Look at Amanda s statement to Tom at the very end of the play about his living in a dream. Would this apply to her too? How so? Explain in 2-3 sentences.
45. Describe the progression of the relationship between Jim and Laura in this scene. (How do they start out; how do they act by the end of the scene, etc.?) Explain in 2-3 sentences.
1.) Jim 10.) Jim 19.) Tom 2.) Tom 11.) Tom 20.) Laura 3.) Tom 12.) Amanda 21.) Tom 4.) Laura 13.) Amanda 22.) Jim 5.) Laura 14.) Jim 23.) Amanda 6.) Amanda 15.) Jim 24.) Laura 7.) Jim 16.) Amanda 8.) Amanda 17.) Tom 9.) Amanda 18.) Laura
25.) Tom 26.) Laura 27.) Tom 28.) Amanda 29.) Amanda 30.) Tom 31.) Jim 32.) Laura 33.) Jim 34.) Laura 35.) Amanda s husband