Tennessee Williams Trivia

1. The characters of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" are trapped in various ways and by a variety of people. What ultimately traps Maggie?

From Quiz Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"

Answer: Her love for Brick

Ultimately, Maggie is trapped by her love for her husband, Brick. Although she is held, somewhat, by the knowledge that she must play along with their "happy" marriage in order to gain a slice of Big Daddy's inheritance, it is actually her love for her husband and not money, that is her main motivation for staying.

From Quiz "Cat on A Hot Tin Roof" on Screen

Answer: Hot buttered biscuit

Maggie refers to their children as 'no-neck monsters' and as we see in the play and film, they really are brats.

From Quiz Orpheus Descending

Answer: Leadbelly

Leadbelly gave Xavier his guitar after a gig once. His guitar is signed by various guitar superstars.

From Quiz Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Answer: Brick

At the beginning of Act 1 Brick is taking a shower. Maggie then enters to begin the main action of the scene.

From Quiz A Streetcar Named Desire

Answer: they are sisters

Stella is Blanche's younger sister.

From Quiz A Streetcar Named Desire

Answer: Elysian Fields

Elysian Fields was the land of the dead in Greek mythology. Blanche's route is reflective of her life: she gave herself up to all kinds of desires, which caused her figurative death in her hometown. When she went to stay with Stella, she was in somewhat of an afterlife.

From Quiz The Glass Menagerie

Answer: Wingfield

Amanda, Tom and Laura....the Wingfields.

From Quiz Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"

Answer: Big Daddy

Act Two of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" results in a birthday party for Big Daddy. Throughout the act the audience is gradually fed information on this occasion, which ends up being quite an uncomfortable affair, as Big Daddy doesn't seem to want to celebrate. All he seems intent on doing is finding out what is wrong with Brick, who is his favourite son.

From Quiz "Cat on A Hot Tin Roof" on Screen

Answer: The play

In the film, the drunk spits at Mae, who was a carnival queen in the play and film.

From Quiz Orpheus Descending

Answer: Lady

Lady's domineering husbund, Jabe Torrance, gave her this name. Therefore, everyone calls her Lady.

From Quiz Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Answer: Hot buttered biscuit

Maggie refers to the children as "No-neck monsters" several times in Act 1.

From Quiz A Streetcar Named Desire

Answer: Allan

When Blanche is telling Mitch all about the events surrounding her husband's death, she says, "Allan! Allan! The Grey boy! He'd stuck the revolver into his mouth, and fired...". Allan had been a homosexual, and Blanche knew this. One night while they were on a dance floor, Blanche confronted Allan. He ran away from her and killed himself. Since then Blanche hears music in her head, that always ends with a gunshot.

From Quiz Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie"

Answer: Gone With The Wind

She is trying to sell a woman's magazine and mentions the story which is said to be the next "Gone With The Wind".

From Quiz A Streetcar Named Desire

Answer: White woods

Blanche tells Mitch that since the translation of "Blanche DuBois" is "white woods", he can remember her by thinking about an orchard in the spring. This is an example of Blanche portraying herself to Mitch in a way that doesn't represent the way she actually is.

From Quiz The Glass Menagerie

Answer: Shoe factory

He writes poems on the backs of shoe boxes.

From Quiz Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"

Answer: Alcohol

Brick and Big Daddy are alike in many ways. Both are honest and forthright men, locked in unhappy marriages, seeking an escape, which Brick does through liquor. During Act Two, Big Daddy reveals the rarely revealed "parent" within him. His only concern is for his son's welfare: "If you don't like Maggie, get rid of Maggie." He offers blunt, but reasonable advice, but as this scene progresses, Big Daddy realises the extent of Brick's alcoholism, when Brick mentions the need for the "click" he gets in his head.

From Quiz "Cat on A Hot Tin Roof" on Screen

Answer: Commits suicide by jumping out of the window

In the play, Skipper became an alcoholic because of how he felt about Brick, and died from alcoholism. Brick blames himself for not helping his friend.

From Quiz Orpheus Descending

Answer: Snakeskin

Valentine earned his nickname from the snakeskin jacket that he wears wherever he goes.

From Quiz Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Answer: Gooper and Brick

Gooper is older by eight years.

From Quiz A Streetcar Named Desire

Answer: Blanche

Stella is now married, and allows her older sister to live with them.

From Quiz A Streetcar Named Desire

Answer: Sunday

Sunday is a day of purity and piety, which sharply contrast with the characteristics of Blanche. She is a woman of sin who considers herself unworthy to go out on a day reserved for spirituality. In the same conversation, Mitch also tells Blanche that he has never seen her in the light. This is purposeful on the part of Blanche as she does not want to reveal to him her true self.

From Quiz The Glass Menagerie

Answer: D.A.R.

She leaves her meetings when she finds out that Laura is skipping school.

From Quiz Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"

Answer: Monster of fertility

Brick's brother, Gooper, and his wife Mae, have five children, with a sixth on the way. When Maggie enters the stage, she complains fiercely about these 'no-necked monsters', and continues to whine and joke about her poor nieces and nephews throughout the entire play.

From Quiz Orpheus Descending

Answer: The Ku Klux Klan

Jabe is the head of the local section of the Ku Klux Klan. Sheriff Talbot is his second in line and is running the show while Jabe is bed-ridden. Pee Wee and Dog are the local toughs who do the dirty work.

From Quiz Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Answer: Big Daddy's sister

According to Big Daddy (in Act 2), Miss Sally is his "old maid sister."

From Quiz A Streetcar Named Desire

Answer: Radio

During Stanley's poker night, Stella turns the radio on, much to Stanley's displeasure. He tells her to turn it off, which she does. Later, while she is in the bathroom, Blanche turns the radio on. Stanley then comes charging into the bedroom and throws the radio through the window.

From Quiz Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie"

Answer: Shakespeare

This is because he has seen him writing poems on shoebox lids.

From Quiz A Streetcar Named Desire

Answer: she thinks he's a madman

Blanche is frightened of Stanley. She thinks he's crazy, almost like an animal, and that Stella was crazy for marrying him.

From Quiz A Streetcar Named Desire

Answer: "It's Only a Paper Moon"

While Stanley tells Stella about Blanche's past in Laurel and the things Blanche made up and embellished, Blanche sings the song "It's Only a Paper Moon". There is much irony in this because the song is about the world being phony and make-believe, just as Blanche's world is.

From Quiz The Glass Menagerie

Answer: Rubicam's

Laura gets sick and throws up in class. She never goes back.

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