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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long ago does Eugene say Nora “started developing” in Act I?
(a) 6 weeks ago
(b) 2 years ago
(c) 8 months ago
(d) 1 year ago

2. How long does Kate say she’s lived in this house in Act I?
(a) 3 years
(b) 10 years
(c) 5 years
(d) 7 years

3. Eugene tells the audience in Act I, “If my mother knew I was writing all this down, she would” do what?
(a) Send me to a therapist
(b) Send me straight to college
(c) Stuff me like one of her chickens
(d) Ground me for a month

4. What batter walks in Eugene’s imaginary baseball game in the opening of Act I?
(a) Mel Ott
(b) JoJo Moore
(c) Dickey
(d) Ruffing

5. What term refers to the method by which the narrator of Brighton Beach Memoirs speaks to the audience?
(a) Soliloquy
(b) Dialogue
(c) Direct address
(d) Terminal address

Short Answer Questions

1. What batter “lopes up to the plate” after the first walks in Eugene’s imaginary baseball game in the opening of Act I?

2. Who is the Broadway producer that Nora says came to her dance class in Act I?

3. Nora tells her mother in Act I that in taking this Broadway role she could be making almost how much money per week?

4. What ailment is Laurie Morton said to suffer from in Act I?

5. The Jerome house is described in the stage directions for Act I as being in “a lower middle income area inhabited mostly by” what groups?

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