Sweet Bird of Youth Quizzes

Sweet Bird of Youth Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Sweet Bird of Youth?
Edward Albee

Tennessee Williams

Arthur Miller

Lillian Hellman
2 Which of the following is NOT a Tennessee Williams play?
Desire Under the Elms

The Rose Tattoo

Suddenly Last Summer

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
3 When was the play first produced?
1959

1961

1954

1963
4 For whom was the part of Princess written?
Tallulah Bankhead

Geraldine Page

Elizabeth Taylor

Tina Fey
5 Who directed the Broadway production?
George Abbott

Daniel Mann

Harold Prince

Elia Kazan
6 Who played Princess on Broadway?
Geraldine Page

Vivien Leigh

Tallulah Bankhead

Maureen Stapleton
7 Who played Chance on Broadway?
Robert Redford

Christopher Walken

Paul Newman

Sal Mineo
8 For which two plays did Tennessee Williams win Pulitzer Prizes?
A Streetcar Named Desire and Sweet Bird of Youth

He did not win any Pulitzers

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and A Streetcar Named Desire

Suddenly Last Summer and The Glass Menagerie
9 Where does the play take place?
St. George

New Orleans

Tallahassee

St. Cloud
10 When was the play turned into a film?
1960

1962

1963

1974
11 Who won an Academy Award for the film?
Tennessee Williams

Geraldine Page

Ed Begley

Paul Newman
12 Where does the first scene take place?
In a hospital in New Orleans

At the cocktail lounge at the Royal Palms Hotel

On the beach in St. Cloud

A hotel room at the Royal Palms Hotel
13 What is Chance wearing in the first scene?
Flannel pajamas

Nothing

A tuxedo

White silk pajamas
14 Who brings the coffee service?
Heavenly

Fly

Tom Jr.

Chance
15 What does Chance ask Fly to fix him?
Bromo

Ovaltine

A martini

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

I Wonder as I Wander

Amazing Grace

The Hallelujah Chorus
17 Where is the singing coming from?
The choir school

The Catholic Church

The garden

The Episcopal Church
18 Who visits Chance in his hotel room after Fly?
Aunt Nonnie

Boss

Heavenly

George Scudder
19 How old is Scudder?
33

35

30

36
20 What is Scudder's occupation?
An actor

A teacher

A lawyer

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

She moved to New England

She remarried

She died
22 Where was Chance's last address?
San Francisco

Los Angeles

San Diego

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

To get a job at the general store

To run for office

To see his sister
24 Who is Heavenly's betrothed?
Bud

Scotty

Skip

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

Heavenly

His sister

Tom Jr.

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