Ap97 P1 A Streetcar Named Desire

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A Streetcar Named Desire Pre-AP/AP Practice #1 Scene One Multiple-choice questions

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1.

Read the passage from Scene One that begins with the opening stage directions and ends with Blanche’s line "No, one’s my limit” (pages 13-21, New York, copyright 1947 by Tennessee Williams).
2.

[Choose the most complete answer.] In the opening stage directions (“The exterior . . . can be heard overlapping”), the playwright creates a positive impression of the setting by using
- A.
  
  Evocative diction
- B.
  
  Sensory images
- C.
  
  Evocative diction and sensory images
- D.
  
  Sensory images and direct commentary
- E.
  
  Evocative diction, sensory images, and direct commentary
3.

The stage directions immediately following Stanley’s saying “Meat!” serve primarily to
- A.
  
  Suggest that New Orleans is a primitive place
- B.
  
  Provide insight into Stella’s attitude toward her husband
- C.
  
  Show that Stanley is abusive toward Stella
- D.
  
  Demonstrate that Stanley values his male friends more than he values Stella
- E.
  
  Evoke the lighthearted atmosphere of this part of New Orleans
4.

After Eunice’s lines beginning “I’m all right,” the others “all laugh” most likely because of Eunice’s
- A.
  
  Peremptory tone toward Stella
- B.
  
  Intentional irony
- C.
  
  Saucy attitude toward Steve
- D.
  
  Use of the term “poor boy’s”
- E.
  
  Illogical change of subject
5.

In the stage directions that introduce Blanche, the sentence beginning “She is daintily dressed” functions as
- A.
  
  Support for an assertion
- B.
  
  The restatement of a hypothesis
- C.
  
  The refutation of a claim
- D.
  
  Elaboration on a theory
- E.
  
  A shift in the paragraph’s focus
6.

[Choose the most complete answer.] The reader can infer that the names of the three streetcars Blanche lists are
- A.
  
  Symbolic
- B.
  
  Euphemistic
- C.
  
  Literal and symbolic
- D.
  
  Symbolic and euphemistic
- E.
  
  Literal, symbolic, and euphemistic
7.

In the interaction between Blanche and Eunice, the sense of Blanche’s incongruity with the neighborhood is most clearly highlighted by Eunice’s
- A.
  
  Intrusive questions
- B.
  
  Pushy behavior
- C.
  
  Solicitousness
- D.
  
  Speech patterns
- E.
  
  Abrupt actions
8.

In her conversation with Stella, Blanche could LEAST be characterized as
- A.
  
  Solicitous
- B.
  
  Melodramatic
- C.
  
  Duplicitous
- D.
  
  Nervous
- E.
  
  Hyperbolic

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