The Glass Menagerie Reading Check Quiz, Scenes 1-5

Question 1 (2 points)
Tennessee Williams and Tom Wingfield have many life experiences that are similar.

Question 1 options:
True
False
Question 2 (3 points)
The Wingfield father is

Question 2 options:

physically present throughout the play.


hated by the family.


only present as a photograph hanging on the wall.


never heard from after he left.

Question 3 (3 points)
Tom is

Question 3 options:

the narrator and a character in the play.


a merchant marine.


works in a show warehouse.


very dramatic and sarcastic.


all of these are true.

Question 4 (2 points)
Amanda is not controlling; she does not try to get too involved in her adult children's lives.

Question 4 options:
True
False
Question 5 (3 points)
Laura is

Question 5 options:

a collector of glass animals.


crippled - one leg is shorter than the other.


completely honest with her family.


all of the answers are true.


two of the answers are true.

Question 6 (2 points)
Amanda sets Laura up with the son of one of the ladies she is calling for magazine sales.

Question 6 options:
True
False
Question 7 (2 points)
Tom agrees to set Laura up with a guy that he works with, and this is his idea completely.

Question 7 options:
True
False
Question 8 (3 points)
Tom and Amanda have a quarrel because

Question 8 options:

Amanda is always telling Tom what to do, and he finally got fed up.


Amanda gets rid of a book Tom is reading.


Tom feels unappreciated.


All of these events led up to the quarrel.