A Streetcar Named Desire Pre-AP/AP Practice #1 Scene One Multiple-choice questions
Evocative diction
Sensory images
Evocative diction and sensory images
Sensory images and direct commentary
Evocative diction, sensory images, and direct commentary
Suggest that New Orleans is a primitive place
Provide insight into Stella’s attitude toward her husband
Show that Stanley is abusive toward Stella
Demonstrate that Stanley values his male friends more than he values Stella
Evoke the lighthearted atmosphere of this part of New Orleans
Peremptory tone toward Stella
Intentional irony
Saucy attitude toward Steve
Use of the term “poor boy’s”
Illogical change of subject
Support for an assertion
The restatement of a hypothesis
The refutation of a claim
Elaboration on a theory
A shift in the paragraph’s focus
Symbolic
Euphemistic
Literal and symbolic
Symbolic and euphemistic
Literal, symbolic, and euphemistic
Intrusive questions
Pushy behavior
Solicitousness
Speech patterns
Abrupt actions
Solicitous
Melodramatic
Duplicitous
Nervous
Hyperbolic