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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who complains of a splitting headache as Eugene plays imaginary baseball in the beginning of Act I?
(a) Blanche Morton
(b) Kate Jerome
(c) Nora Morton
(d) Laurie Morton

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

3. At what time of day does Act I open?
(a) 9:00 a.m.
(b) 6:30 p.m.
(c) 6:30 a.m.
(d) 7:00 p.m.

4. At what theater does Nora say she has to go to in order to audition for the Broadway musical in Act I?
(a) The Guthrie Theater
(b) The Hudson Theater
(c) The Avery Theater
(d) The Lucille Lortel Theater

5. When does Nora say the Broadway musical she wants to be in will come to New York in Act I?
(a) The first week of July
(b) The third week of August
(c) The second week of December
(d) The second week of October

6. How many big musical numbers are in the Broadway musical that Nora hopes to be in?
(a) 6
(b) 9
(c) 2
(d) 8

7. What is Kate carrying in Act I when she walks out of the kitchen and says to Eugene, “On my kitchen floor? Do you want me dead, is that what you want”?
(a) A roller skate
(b) A skateboard
(c) A jump rope
(d) A train set

8. What does Kate tell Laurie to set out for the dinner table in Act I?
(a) Napkins
(b) Glasses
(c) Plates
(d) Bowls

9. Eugene’s brother Stanley is almost how old in Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) 16
(b) 19
(c) 17
(d) 21

10. How many bedrooms are described as being seen by the audience upstairs in the Jerome house in the stage directions for Act I?
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 6

11. At what time does Nora say she must be at the theater to audition for the Broadway musical in Act I?
(a) 8:00 a.m.
(b) 10:00 a.m.
(c) 9:00 a.m.
(d) 11:00 a.m.

12. What does Kate tell Eugene to place at the dinner table when she tells him to stop playing baseball in the beginning of Act I?
(a) The silverware
(b) The water glasses
(c) The plates and bowls
(d) The napkins

13. What wars is Laurie reading about in the opening of Act I?
(a) The Italian Renaissance Wars
(b) The Korean Wars
(c) The Macedonian Wars
(d) The Great Wars

14. How many times does Eugene respond his mother has told him not to leave his things around the house in Act I?
(a) 100
(b) 500
(c) 109
(d) 200

15. What does Laurie ask for a glass of prior to dinner in Act I?
(a) Water
(b) Lemonade
(c) Wine
(d) Milk

Short Answer Questions

1. Eugene says in Act I that he “got hit with a baseball right in the back of the skull” and had double vision for a week and still had to do what chore?

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

3. How many hours a day does Nora say she spends on a subway in Act I?

4. Where does Eugene say he’d be this winter if he made it into his favorite baseball team in Act I?

5. What does Kate say she’s never done before in her life and “why should I start with my own family” in Act I?

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