1. Why does Atticus know that he will lose his case with Tom Robinson?
Correct : C. Because it is the word of a black man against a white man
2. Dill start crying in the courtroom in To Kill a Mockingbird because
Correct : A. He is disgusted and upset with the way Mr. Gilmer blatantly disrespects Tom Robinson during hiscross-examination.
3. According to Atticus in chapter 20, what is the thing that Mayella has done wrong?
Correct : A. Mayella broke a "rigid and time-honored code" of Maycomb's racist society by tempting a blackman.
4. Scout and Jem are surprised to find out that Atticus is good at
Correct : A. Shooting
5. One fact that Atticus establishes about the case is...
Correct : B. Tom has one good hand
6. What does Scout first find in the knot-hole?
Correct : A. chewing gum
7. Who walks Boo Radley home at the end of To Kill A Mockingbird?
Correct : B. Scout
8. The only character convinced Tom Robinson would receive justice is:
Correct : C. Jem
9. What does Boo Radley do during the night of the fire?
Correct : A. he drapes a blanket over Scout’s shoulders
10. What happens when Jem, Scout and Dill sneak into the Radley’s backyard?
Correct : D. Someone shoots at them
11. Boo Radley proves to be the ultimate symbol of:
Correct : C. good
12. Who gives Willy money to pay his bills?
Correct : A. Charley
13. For Linda Loman,“freedom” means:
Correct : C. to be free from debt
14. The elder son of Willy Loman is:
Correct : A. Biff Loman
15. Where does Linda Loman want her husband to work?
Correct : C. New York
16. Willy Loman has lived in the same house for twenty-five years with:
Correct : A. His wife
17. Happy Loman’s real name is:
Correct : C. Harold
18. The person who lends money to Willy Loman is:
Correct : A. Charley
19. What was Biff doing in the West before the play begins?
Correct : C. Working on a farm
20. What did Biff steal from Bill Oliver’s store when he was a boy?
Correct : A. A crate of basketballs
21. What does Biff steal from Bill Oliver’s office as an adult?
Correct : D. A pen
22. What product does Willy sell?
Correct : D. Miller doesn’t specify
23. For what region is Willy responsible in his sales?
Correct : A. New England
24. How old is Happy?
Correct : C. 32
25. What did Willy’s father sell?
Correct : A. Flutes
26. Where did Willy’s father go after he abandoned his family?
Correct : C. Alaska
27. Where did Ben end up when he went looking for his father?
Correct : A. Africa
28. Where does Biff find Willy with The Woman?
Correct : D. Boston
29. How old was Dave Singleman when he died?
Correct : B. 84
30. What is the name of the restaurant where Happy and Biff takes Willy?
Correct : A. Frank’s Chop House
31. How much money does Charley usually give Willy each week?
Correct : D. $50
32. What subject did Biff fail in high school?
Correct : A. Math
33. Where does Happy work?
Correct : B. In a store
34. What was Biff’s position at Bill Oliver’s store when he was a boy?
Correct : D. Shipping clerk
35. On what day of the week does Willy die?
Correct : C. Tuesday
36. On the sales trip that immediately precedes the beginning of the play, which city did
Willy reach before turning back?
Correct : D. Yonkers
37. How long has Willy worked for his sales firm?
Correct : A. Between thirty-four and thirty-six years
38. What does Howard show Willy in his office?
Correct : C. His wire recorder
39. What is Bernard’s adult occupation?
Correct : B. Lawyer
40. What does Biff allow Bernard to carry to the Ebbets Field game?
Correct : D. His shoulder pads
41. What is the name of Charley’s secretary?
Correct : C. Jenny
42. What does Happy order from Stanley at the restaurant?
Correct : A. Lobsters
43. To what kind of store does Willy ask Stanley to direct him?
Correct : D. A seed store
44. What does Biff steal from Bill Oliver’s office as an adult?
Correct : D. Pen
45. Death of a Salesman is a tragedy of common man caught up in the false value imposed by middle-class
Correct : C. American society
46. What sound is heard before the curtain rises in Death of a Salesman?
Correct : A. A melody played on a flute.
47. What does Willy promise the woman in the hotel room?
Correct : C. Stockings
48. Where did Ben become rich?
Correct : C. African diamond mines
49. Which of the following is a problem that Biff has that Willy ignores?
Correct : D. Biff is a kleptomaniac
50. While taking a bath, Blanche sings a song called :
Correct : A. Its only a paper moon
51. Shep Huntleigh is from:
Correct : C. Miami
52. Blanche gives the Young Collector:
Correct : C. a kiss
53. Blanche leaves her job as a schoolteacher in Laurel because:
Correct : A. She had an affair with a young student
54. The name of Blanche and Stella’s ancestral home:
Correct : A. Belle Reve
55. At the end of the play, Blanche goes to:
Correct : B. mental asylum
56. Allan Gray, Blanche’s former husband, killed himself because:
Correct : A. Blanche revealed his homosexuality
57. Who makes sexual advances towards Blanche towards the end of the play?:
Correct : B. Stanley
58. Where does Blanche meet Mitch?
Correct : B. At the Kowalskis apartment
59. What type of music was playing when Blanche’s young husband committed suicide?
Correct : C. A polka
60. Stella left Belle Reve after the death of which family member?
Correct : C. Her father
61. Which of the following accurately describes Elysian Fields?
Correct : C. Ethnically diverse, working class, noisy
62. Who lives upstairs from Stanley and Stella?
Correct : D. Steve and Eunice
63. Which of the following does not function as a symbol in A Streetcar Named Desire?
Correct : A. Beer
64. The play A Streetcar Named Desire was set in New Orleans during
Correct : D. The 1930s
65. Williams was greatly influenced by the mental problems of
Correct : C. His sister, Rose
66. In, A Streetcar Named Desire, at rise, we see a two story building in a poor,
charming,diverse section of New Orleans, called
Correct : A. Elysian Fields
67. Blanche’s first action in the play is one of
Correct : A. Confusion, ambivalence, disorientation
68. Stanley discovers through Shaw that Blanche has fled her hometown because she has
been accusedof:
Correct : B. Having an affair with a student
69. Where is Blanche going at the end of the play?
Correct : D. To a mental hospital
70. What is the name of the man Blanche hopes will rescue her?
Correct : C. Shep Huntleigh
71. What fears of Blanche's does Stanley exploit?
Correct : D. Growing old and being alone
72. A young Collector for a newspaper embodies Blanche’s obsession with youth and
presumably reminds her of her teenage husband and a young poet
Correct : B. Allan Grey
73. The famous line, “I have always depended on the kindness of strangers” is an ironic
note from
Correct : C. Scene 11 of A Streetcar named Desire
74. Stanley and Stella's relationship could best be described as
Correct : B. Sexual and Passionate
75. What is Blanche's tragic flaw?
Correct : B. Blanche's biggest tragic flaw is her desire.
76. To what insect is Blanche compared to when we first meet her in Scene 1?
Correct : B. A moth
77. “Blanche Dubois” means
Correct : B. White Woods
78. One of the main reasons for Stanley’s antagonism towards Blanche is that he fears the
disruption of their happy family by Blanche to alienate Stella on grounds of
Correct : A. culture, class, and manners.
79. The most famous image in the Williams Canon is Stanley Kowalsky, symbol of
Correct : A. Virility and manhood
80. Why did Mitch destroy the Paper lantern?
Correct : B. He hasn’t seen Blanche in clear daylight.
81. Where does Stella decide to go in order to join Stanley for the evening?
Correct : A. The bowling alley
82. Stanley handed Stella a package of
Correct : C. Meat
83. What does the bath symbolize in A Streetcar Named Desire?
Correct : A. Baths represent Blanche’s efforts to cleanse herself of her odious history.
84. Where is Blanche Dubois from?
Correct : D. Laurel
85. What is Stanley’s birthday gift to Blanche?
Correct : A. A one way bus ticket
86. Who reveals the truth about Blanche’s past to Mitch?
Correct : B. Stanley
87. Which of the following best describes Elysian Fields?
Correct : D. Working class and noisy
88. What does Stella profess she likes to do for her sister?
Correct : C. Serve her
89. Why is Blanche grateful to the doctor in the final scene of A Streetcar named Desire?
Correct : B. He is kind to her
90. What time does the poem “The Raven” take place?
Correct : A. midnight
91. When the author first heard the "rapping at his chamber door," in “The Raven”, who did he
think was outside?
Correct : D. some late night visitor
92. In what month does the poem “The Raven” take place?
Correct : A. december
93. What is the name of the "rare and radiant maiden" for whom the author mourns in “The
Raven”?
Correct : B. lenore
94. What happens when the author opens the door in “The Raven”?
Correct : C. he only sees darkness
95. What word does the raven say whenever he speaks?
Correct : C. nevermore
96. Where does the raven perch when he comes into the house?
Correct : C. on a bust of pallas
97. What was the author doing at the beginning of the poem “The Raven”?
Correct : D. writing a letter
98. The raven is a symbol of
Correct : D. death
99. How did the raven get into the house?
Correct : A. he stepped in the window
100. In what year was the first edition of "Leaves of Grass" published?