1.What does the author say about memory?
2.What does Tom, the narrator, say about the nature of truth and illusion in this play?
3.What do you think is meant by "a memory play"? What is memory associated with in this play?
4.Of what is the gentleman caller a symbol?
5.Where is Tom and Laura's father?
6.Why does Amanda tell Laura to remain seated? How does Laura feel about her mother's expectations?
7.What event in her life does Amanda enjoy remembering?
8.What does Amanda regret?
9.What reason does Amanda give for the lack of gentleman callers? What does Laura see as the reason? How do you think her mother's joking and prodding might make Laura feel?
10.How does Amanda say she feels? What effect does she hope to produce in Laura?
11.Why is Amanda angry with her daughter?
12.In what way does Laura's former teacher describe her?
13.How has Laura been spending her time?
14.What does Amanda say they can't do now that Laura has failed at business school?
15.What sort of future does Amanda envision?
16.What does Amanda ask Laura? Why does she ask her this?
17.What does Amanda set as her goal?
18.What does Tom say about his mother's plan? How does it change his mother and sister? Does he see this plan as realistic?
19.What does Tom enjoy doing? In what way does this activity and his mother's personality conflict?
20.How does Tom feel about his job? Why does he continue doing it? What has "doing the right thing" made him give up?
21.What happens to the glass menagerie?
22.What feelings for his sister are revealed by Tom's actions?
23.What does Tom give Laura? Why does he give this to her?
24.To what trick does Tom compare his desire to get out of his situation?
25.What do Tom and Amanda do when Laura falls? What feelings are revealed by their actions?
26.What has Amanda's life been like? Why does she depend on her son?
27.What is hard for Amanda to admit?
28.Why is Laura upset?
29.Under what circumstances does Amanda say Tom can free himself from the responsibility of supporting his family?
30.What does Amanda ask Tom to do?
31.What does Amanda wish for her children?
32.How does Amanda feel about Tom's news? In what way does her speech betray this emotion?
33.Why is Amanda so excited about this gentleman caller?
34.What does Tom try to tell his mother?
35.Does Amanda listen? What does she do instead?
36.Why does Amanda say you have to plan for the future?
37.What warning does Tom give about Laura?
38.Who views Laura's predicament and character more honestly? Who views her with blind devotion?
