Sweet Bird of Youth Quizzes

Sweet Bird of Youth Quiz 1

1 Who wrote Sweet Bird of Youth?
Lillian Hellman

Arthur Miller

Edward Albee

Tennessee Williams
2 Which of the following is NOT a Tennessee Williams play?
Suddenly Last Summer

The Rose Tattoo

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Desire Under the Elms
3 When was the play first produced?
1959

1954

1961

1963
4 For whom was the part of Princess written?
Tina Fey

Tallulah Bankhead

Elizabeth Taylor

Geraldine Page
5 Who directed the Broadway production?
Elia Kazan

Daniel Mann

George Abbott

Harold Prince
6 Who played Princess on Broadway?
Maureen Stapleton

Vivien Leigh

Tallulah Bankhead

Geraldine Page
7 Who played Chance on Broadway?
Sal Mineo

Robert Redford

Paul Newman

Christopher Walken
8 For which two plays did Tennessee Williams win Pulitzer Prizes?
Suddenly Last Summer and The Glass Menagerie

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and A Streetcar Named Desire

He did not win any Pulitzers

A Streetcar Named Desire and Sweet Bird of Youth
9 Where does the play take place?
St. George

Tallahassee

St. Cloud

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

1963

1974

1962
11 Who won an Academy Award for the film?
Tennessee Williams

Geraldine Page

Paul Newman

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

On the beach in St. Cloud

At the cocktail lounge at the Royal Palms Hotel

In a hospital in New Orleans
13 What is Chance wearing in the first scene?
Flannel pajamas

Nothing

White silk pajamas

A tuxedo
14 Who brings the coffee service?
Heavenly

Fly

Chance

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

A Bloody Mary

Bromo

Ovaltine
16 What song does Chance hear being sung as Fly opens the window?
I Wonder as I Wander

The Hallelujah Chorus

Amazing Grace

How Great Thou Art
17 Where is the singing coming from?
The Episcopal Church

The choir school

The Catholic Church

The garden
18 Who visits Chance in his hotel room after Fly?
George Scudder

Heavenly

Aunt Nonnie

Boss
19 How old is Scudder?
30

36

35

33
20 What is Scudder's occupation?
A teacher

A lawyer

An actor

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

She died

She moved to New England

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

San Diego

Memphis

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

To run for office

To get a job at the general store

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

Scudder

Skip

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

Tom Jr.

His sister

Heavenly

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