Sweet Bird of Youth Quizzes

Sweet Bird of Youth Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Sweet Bird of Youth?
Arthur Miller

Lillian Hellman

Tennessee Williams

Edward Albee
2 Which of the following is NOT a Tennessee Williams play?
Desire Under the Elms

Suddenly Last Summer

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

The Rose Tattoo
3 When was the play first produced?
1963

1959

1954

1961
4 For whom was the part of Princess written?
Tallulah Bankhead

Geraldine Page

Tina Fey

Elizabeth Taylor
5 Who directed the Broadway production?
Daniel Mann

Elia Kazan

George Abbott

Harold Prince
6 Who played Princess on Broadway?
Tallulah Bankhead

Vivien Leigh

Maureen Stapleton

Geraldine Page
7 Who played Chance on Broadway?
Christopher Walken

Robert Redford

Sal Mineo

Paul Newman
8 For which two plays did Tennessee Williams win Pulitzer Prizes?
He did not win any Pulitzers

Suddenly Last Summer and The Glass Menagerie

A Streetcar Named Desire and Sweet Bird of Youth

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and A Streetcar Named Desire
9 Where does the play take place?
St. Cloud

Tallahassee

St. George

New Orleans
10 When was the play turned into a film?
1960

1962

1974

1963
11 Who won an Academy Award for the film?
Paul Newman

Geraldine Page

Ed Begley

Tennessee Williams
12 Where does the first scene take place?
A hotel room at the Royal Palms Hotel

In a hospital in New Orleans

At the cocktail lounge at the Royal Palms Hotel

On the beach in St. Cloud
13 What is Chance wearing in the first scene?
White silk pajamas

Nothing

A tuxedo

Flannel pajamas
14 Who brings the coffee service?
Chance

Fly

Heavenly

Tom Jr.
15 What does Chance ask Fly to fix him?
A martini

Ovaltine

A Bloody Mary

Bromo
16 What song does Chance hear being sung as Fly opens the window?
How Great Thou Art

Amazing Grace

The Hallelujah Chorus

I Wonder as I Wander
17 Where is the singing coming from?
The choir school

The garden

The Episcopal Church

The Catholic Church
18 Who visits Chance in his hotel room after Fly?
Boss

Aunt Nonnie

George Scudder

Heavenly
19 How old is Scudder?
36

33

30

35
20 What is Scudder's occupation?
A doctor

An actor

A teacher

A lawyer
21 What does Scudder tell Chance about his mother?
She is sick

She remarried

She died

She moved to New England
22 Where was Chance's last address?
Memphis

San Diego

San Francisco

Los Angeles
23 Why is Chance back in St. Cloud?
To win back Heavenly

To get a job at the general store

To see his sister

To run for office
24 Who is Heavenly's betrothed?
Skip

Scotty

Bud

Scudder
25 Who does Chance call after learning this news?
Aunt Nonnie

His sister

Heavenly

Tom Jr.

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