Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie

Jim’s nickname for Laura, “Blue Roses”, rests on a(n)

Hobson-Jobson

The “horrible novel” that Tom checks out and Amanda later returns to the library is the work of

D. H. Lawrence

The character whom Tom labels the “most realistic” in the play is

Jim

Laura’s attention “feigned and otherwise) to the Gregg alphabet represents her attempt to learn

shorthand

To supplement the family’s income, Amanda

sells magazine subscriptions

In Tom’s assessment, Malvolio the Magician’s “wonderful trick” is

escaping from a coffin

Tom explains to Amanda that he goes to the movies because he likes

adventure

Amanda’s description of “spinsters” as “little birdlike women without any nest” offers a fine example of

simile

According to Tom, the Wingfield apartment was haunted by the “image…specter… [and] hope” of

a gentleman caller

Not among Jim’s accomplishments in high school is

captain of the baseball team

Laura’s and Jim’s ages are both

23

Tom claims that “adventure becomes available to the masses”

during times of war

To encapsulate the revolutionary nature of 1930s, Tom refers to one of the first aerial bombings to capture global attention, the bombing of the Spanish city of

Guernica

According to Amanda, Tom’s and Laura’s father has “plenty” of

charm

Laura’s complaint, “[T]hey make such faces when I do that,” expresses her reluctance to

charge items at Garfinkel’s store

Amanda’s chief requirement for Laura’s potential suitor is that he

not be a drunkard

After hearing Jim’s surname and that he will visit on Friday, Amanda concludes that she must serve

fish

When Tom first appears on stage, he is dressed as a

merchant sailor

Jim’s career plans include “getting in on the ground floor” of the

television industry

Jim explains to Laura that he was free to visit Tom’s apartment because

his fiancée is out of own

According to Jim, the quality that separates the warehouse workers from their office managers is

social poise

Amanda holds that, without planning, the past turns into

everlasting regret

The “good advice” that Jim gives Laura and encourages her to remember is to

think of herself as superior in some way

Amanda explains that she is “hateful to [her] children” because

her devotion makes her that way

Mr. Wingfield's final communication with his family comes in the form of a post card sent fromThe play's last stage directions that refer to Amanda emphasize her

Mazatlán, Mexico

The play's last stage directions that refer to Amanda emphasize her

dignity and tragic beauty

Not among the chores that Amanda insists must be completed before the arrival of the gentleman caller is

buying new candles for the candelabra

Laura says that Amanda's looks of disapproval remind her of

a portrait of Mary’s suffering