DRAMA: Who says "Could it be... you and me, Blanche?"
Mitch
POETRY: Which poem contains this simile? "I said ‘I feel the top of my head / has floated off, out through the window, / revolving like a flying saucer.’"
The Telephone Call
DRAMA: What is the effect of the Blue Piano in Streetcar?
Heighten emotional intensity
POETRY: Which poem contains the alliteration "dental dexterity"?
The Planners
PROSE: What kind of character is Nick?
Round, dynamic character
POETRY: In "The Man with the Night Sweats", what is the speaker's ailment?
AIDS
POETRY: Which poems ends with this striking lines? "As if hands were enough / To hold an avalanche off."
"The Man with the Night Sweats"
DRAMA: What happened to Blanche's work at the school?
She was fired for getting involved with a student
POETRY: What themes are present "On Finding a Small Fly Crushed in a Book"?
life, death, legacy
POETRY: Which poem contains highly precise anatomical vocabulary?
"The Spirit is Too Blunt an Instrument"
DRAMA: What theme is this quote representing? “I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don't tell the truth, I tell what ought to be the truth."
Fantasy and illusion
PROSE: What stories deal with the protagonist transitioning from one stage of life to the next?
The Gold Watch, A Walk to the Jetty, Showing the Flag
PROSE: Where has Phillip's mother put the other Union Jack?
In his lunch
DRAMA: What device does Blanche use in this quote? "It was like you suddenly turned a blinding on something that had always been half in shadow, that's how it struck the world for me. But I was unlucky. Deluded."
Simile
PROSE: What is the symbolic weight of Vasantha's work as a driver?
Connection
PROSE: Compare Sharma's and Vasantha's attitudes to change
Sharma is paralyzed, Vasantha is ready and willing to evolve
PROSE: What is the symbolism behind being an "astronaut"?
Loneliness, disconnection from reality
POETRY: Mention a relevant device in "Funeral Blues"
Hyperbole, alliteration
PROSE: Why is Rosie in a nursing home?
Because she has dementia
POETRY: In which poem does the poet present their ideas on power?
Ozymandias
DRAMA: What do the nursery rhymes show about Jo's character?
Her immaturity
PROSE: Name a story that deals with the theme of racism
The Black Ball, The Gold Watch
PROSE: What does it mean to be "black balled"?
To be rejected
POETRY: Which poem contains this striking last line? "The lone and level sands stretch far away."
"Ozymandias"
POETRY: Which is the main theme in the poem "Rain"?
Death
DRAMA: Explain the context of this quote: “And funerals are pretty compared to deaths. Funerals are quiet, but deaths—not always."
Blanche is talking to Stella, showing how hard it was for her to stay in Belle Reve as all of their relatives kept on dying
POETRY: Mention one relevant device in "Long Distance II"
irony, imagery, metaphor
POETRY: Which poems strongly criticize progress and modernity?
The Planners, The City Planners
DRAMA: Who says this? “We've had this date with each other from the beginning.”
Stanley
POETRY: What gift does the speaker want in "Request to a Year"?
Her great-great-grandmother's attitude to life
DRAMA: What insect is Blanche compared to?
A moth
POETRY: What is the tone in "He Never Expected Much"?
skeptical, realistic
POETRY: Which poems begins with the line "Cruising these residential Sunday"?
The City Planners
DRAMA: What character is the sound of the locomotive connected to?
Stanley
DRAMA: Why does Geoff leave?
Helen kicks him out
DRAMA: Who says this, Blanche or Helen? “Well, honey, a shot never does a coke any harm!”
Blanche
PROSE: What are the main themes in "The Man Who Walked on the Moon"?
loneliness, disconnection
POETRY: Which poem begins with the line "The name of the product I tested is Life"?
"Consumer's Report"
PROSE: What does the Jetty symbolize in "A Walk to the Jetty"?
The in-between, the passage between adolescence and adulthood, between Antigua and England
POETRY: Mention a poem with an extended metaphor
"On Finding a Small Fly Crushed in a Book", "Consumer's Report"
POETRY: Which poem begins and ends in the exact same way?
"Away, Melancholy"
PROSE: What does the rose in "The Woman's Rose" symbolize?
hope, faith, spring
DRAMA: Streetcar: Mention one of the play's motifs
The motif of the caveman, baths, poker
PROSE: Why is Sharma given a gold watch?
As a "parting gift" as he is being forced to retire
DRAMA: Mention one example of foreshadowing in Streetcar
The mention of the moth, it's your job to go to bed with him
POETRY: Which two poems deal with the grief of losing a loved one?
Funeral Blues, Long Distance II
PROSE: Mention one event in "When it Happens" that exists only in Mrs. Burridge's mind
e.g. the smoke, the men in the forest
POETRY: Which poem begins with this line? "They asked me ‘Are you sitting down?"
The Telephone Call
DRAMA: Who says this? "When you start earning you can start moaning."
Helen
DRAMA: Who says this? "You stupid little devil! What sort of a wife do you think you’d make? You’re useless. It takes you all your time to look after yourself. I suppose you think you’re in love. Anybody can fall in love, do you know that?"
Helen
POETRY: Which poem deals with writer's block?
"Night Sweat"
DRAMA: What explanation could we give to this phrase? "They told me to take a street-car named Desire, and transfer to one called Cemeteries, and ride six blocks and get off at—Elysian Fields!"
Ss' own answers
DRAMA: The conflict between Blanche and Stanley represents a conflict of class. Explain
ss answers
POETRY: What poem did Margaret Atwood write?
The City Planners
DRAMA: What is Helen's greatest flaw?
Her selfishness
POETRY: Mention one relevant device present in the poem "The City Planners"
personification, semantic fields, alliteration
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