🚋• Streetcar: Key Quotations

Question 1

‘They told me to take a ________ named ________, then ________ to one called ________ […] ________ Fields’

BLANCHE

Answer 1

‘They told me to take a streetcar named Desire, then transfer to one called Cemetaries […] Elysian Fields’

Question 2

‘A woman’s ________ is ________ percent ________’

BLANCHE

Answer 2

‘A woman’s charm is fifty percent illusion’

Question 3

‘I tell what ________ to be the ________’

BLANCHE

Answer 3

‘I tell what ought to be the truth’

Question 4

‘After the death of ________ - ________ with ________ was all I seemed to fill my empty ________ with’

BLANCHE

Answer 4

‘After the death of Allan - intimacies with strangers was all I seemed to fill my empty heart with’

Question 5

‘The ________ [of death] is ________’

BLANCHE

Answer 5

‘The opposite [of death] is desire’

Question 6

‘diamonds! A ________ for an ________!’

BLANCHE

Answer 6

‘diamonds! A crown for an empress!’

Question 7

‘A ________ ________ she wore to a ________ ball’

BLANCHE

Answer 7

‘A rhinestone tiara she wore to a costume ball’

Question 8

‘Virgo is the ________’

BLANCHE

Answer 8

‘Virgo is the virgin’

Question 9

‘I’m not ________ to having more than ________ ________’

BLANCHE

Answer 9

‘I’m not accustomed to having more than one drink’

Question 10

‘________ dont - dont even admit your ________ unless they are ________ ________ to ________’

BLANCHE

Answer 10

‘Men dont - dont even admit your existence unless they are marking love to you’

Question 11

‘The ________ is comforting to me’

BLANCHE

Answer 11

‘The dark is comforting to me’

Question 12

‘I dont want ________ […] I want ________!’

BLANCHE

Answer 12

‘I dont want realism […] I want magic!’

Question 13

‘I have been ________ - casting my ________ before ________’

BLANCHE

Answer 13

‘I have been foolish - casting my pearls before swine’

Question 14

‘The place has turned into ________ and you are the ________ of the ________’

ABOUT BLANCHE

Answer 14

‘The place has turned into Egypt and you are the Queen of the Nile’

SAID BY STANLEY

Question 15

‘[the shadows are of a ________ and ________ form]’

BLANCHE

Answer 15

‘[the shadows are of a grotesque and menacing form]’

Question 16

‘she ________ to her knees’

BLANCHE

Answer 16

‘she sinks to her knees’

Question 17

‘________ figure’

BLANCHE

Answer 17

‘inert figure’

Question 18

‘she ________ ________ as if the ________ was herself’

BLANCHE

Answer 18

‘she cries out as if the lantern was herself’

Question 19

‘Every ________ is a ________! And I am the ________ around here’

STANLEY

Answer 19

‘Every man is a king! And I am the king around here’

Question 20

‘I pulled you ________ off those ________ and how you ________ it’

STANLEY

Answer 20

‘I pulled you down off those columns and how you loved it’

Question 21

‘What I am is one ________ ________ ________, born and raised in the ________ ________ on Earth’

STANLEY

Answer 21

‘What I am is one hundred percent American, born and raised in the greatest country on Earth’

Question 22

‘Stella! My ________ ________ left me!’

STANLEY

Answer 22

‘Stella! My baby doll’s left me!’

Question 23

‘[he ________ a ________ to the floor]’

STANLEY

Answer 23

‘[he hurls a plate to the floor]’

Question 24

‘We’ve had this ________ with ________ from the ________!’

STANLEY

Answer 24

‘We’ve had this date with eachother from the beginning!’

Question 25

'[he ________ towards her]' | STANLEY

Answer 25

'[he **springs** towards her]'

Question 26

'Something - ________-________ about him' | ABOUT STANLEY

Answer 26

'Something - **ape**-**like** about him' | SAID BY BLANCHE

Question 27

'I've got the ________ on your ________ ________ Stella' | STANLEY

Answer 27

'I've got the **dope** on your **big** **sister** Stella'

Question 28

List 5 (Dynamic) verbs used to describe Stanley | STANLEY

Answer 28

* 'Stalks' * 'Springs' * 'Lurches' * 'Siezes' * 'Snatches'

Question 29

'There are things that happen between a ________ and a ________ in the ________ - that sort of make ________ else seem ________' | STELLA

Answer 29

'There are things that happen between a **man** and a **woman** in the **dark** - that sort of make **everything** else seem **unimportant**'

Question 30

'I ________ believe her story and go on ________ with ________' | STELLA

Answer 30

'I **couldnt** believe her story and go on **living** with **Stanley**'

Question 31

'It wasnt anything as ________ as you make it. In the first place, when ________ are ________ and playing ________, ________ can happen' | STELLA

Answer 31

'It wasnt anything as **serious** as you make it. In the first place, when **men** are **drinking** and playing **poker**, **anything** can happen'

Question 31

'Her eyes go ________ with ________' | STELLA

Answer 31

'Her eyes go **blind** with **tenderness**'

Question 32

'I'm not in ________ I want to get ________ of' | STELLA

Answer 32

'I'm not in **anything** I want to get **out** of'

Question 32

'________ him with both arms, ________, and ________ in the view of ________' | STELLA

Answer 32

'**Embraced** him with both arms, **fiercley**, and **full** in the view of **Blanche**'

Question 33

'Blanche is ________ and needs ________' | STELLA

Answer 33

'Blanche is **sensitive** and needs **somebody**'

Question 33

'You're not ________ enough to bring in the ________ with my ________' | MITCH

Answer 33

'You're not **clean** enough to bring in the **house** with my **mother**'

Question 34

'You need ________. And I need ________, too' | MITCH

Answer 34

'You need **somebody**. And I need **somebody**, too'

Question 35

'I dont think I ever seen ________ ________ the ________' | MITCH

Answer 35

'I dont think I ever seen **you** **in** the **light**'

Question 36

'Can I - ________ - ________ ________ - good-night?' | MITCH

Answer 36

'Can I - **uh** - **kiss** **you** - good-night?'

Question 37

'You are as ________ as a ________' | MITCH

Answer 37

'You are as **light** as a **feather**'

Question 38

'[gets up ________]' | MITCH

Answer 38

'[gets up **awkwardly**]'

Question 39

'I'll ________ you [...] Mitch ________ at the table ________' | MITCH

Answer 39

'I'll **kill** you [...] Mitch **collapses** at the table **sobbing**'

Question 40

'________ to embrace her' | MITCH

Answer 40

'**Fumbling** to embrace her'

Question 41

'His gaze ________ into ________' | MITCH

Answer 41

'His gaze **dissolved** into **space**'

Question 42

'You can't ________ a ________ and call 'er ________!' | EUNICE

Answer 42

'You cant **beat** a **woman** and call 'er **back**!'

Question 43

'I always say that ________ are ________ things with no ________' | EUNICE

Answer 43

'I always say that **men** are **callous** things with no **feelings**'

Question 44

'Dont ever ________ it. ________ has got to go on. No matter what ________, you've got to ________ on ________' | EUNICE

Answer 44

'Dont ever **belive** it. **Life** has got to go on. No matter what **happens**, you've got to **keep** on **going**'

Question 45

'She's gonna have a ________, y'know' | EUNICE

Answer 45

'She's gonna have a **baby**, y'know'

Question 46

'That's the ________ ________ to do it. She could'nt ________ ________' | EUNICE

Answer 46

'That's the **only** **way** to do it. She could'nt **stay** **here**'

Question 47

'You look ________ Blanche' | EUNICE

Answer 47

'You look **wonderful** Blanche'

Question 48

'A nervousness, a ________ and ________ which wasn't like a ________' | ABOUT ALLAN

Answer 48

'A nervousness, a **softness** and **tenderness** which wasn't like a **man's**' | SAID BY BLANCHE

Question 49

'You ________ me' | ABOUT ALLAN

Answer 49

'You **disgust** me' | SAID BY BLANCHE

Question 50

'He was in the ________ and ________ at me - but I wasn't ________ ________ ________, I was ________ in with him!' | ABOUT ALLAN

Answer 50

'He was in the **quicksands** and **clutching** at me - but I wasn't **holding** **him** **out**, I was **slipping** in with him!' | SAID BY BLANCHE

Question 51

'And then the ________ which had been turned on the ________ turned ________ again' | ABOUT ALLAN

Answer 51

'And then the **searchlight** which had been turned on the **world** turned **off** again' | SAID BY BLANCHE

Question 52

'The ________ - the ________ died' | ABOUT ALLAN

Answer 52

'The **boy** - the **boy** died' | SAID BY BLANCHE

Question 53

'He is ________!' | ABOUT SHEP

Answer 53

'He is **wealthy**!' | SAID BY BLANCHE

Question 54

'A ________' | ABOUT SHEP

Answer 54

'A **gentleman**' | SAID BY BLANCHE

Question 55

'A ________ of the ________ on a yacht!' | ABOUT SHEP

Answer 55

'A **cruise** of the **Caribbean** on a yacht!' | SAID BY BLANCHE