Tom Wants Amanda To Stop Smoking Cigarettes.

The Glass Menagerie is a "memory play." From whose memory is it taken from?

Tom

True or False: Tom breaks Laura's glass unicorn.

False. Jim breaks the glass unicorn.

What is Jim's nickname for Tom?

Shakespeare

Tom says that man is, by instinct, a:

"a lover, a hunter, a fighter"

True or False: Amanda works to sell subscriptions for a magazine to make extra money for the family.

True

In the play, Laura's glass unicorn symbolizes:

Laura's fragility

True or False: Tom wants Amanda to stop smoking cigarettes.

False. Amanda nags Tom about his disheveled appearance and his smoking habits.

True or False: Jim works with Tom at the local grocery store.

False. Jim is a shipping clerk at the shoe warehouse in which Tom works.

Tom says he goes to the movies so much because:

he likes adventure

True or False: It is likely Tennessee Williams based the character of Laura on his ill mother.

False. Laura—nicknamed Blue Roses—was based on his older sister Rose, who struggled with mental illness and retreated to a world of isolation, surrounded by her beloved glass ornaments.

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