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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book is Laurie reading when Eugene comes to her room to talk in Act II?
(a) To Have and Have Not
(b) Romeo and Juliet
(c) The Merry Wives of Windsor
(d) The Citadel

2. How is the Jerome house described in the stage directions for Act I?
(a) A brick multi-level house
(b) A three-story brownstone
(c) A wooden frame house
(d) A former boarding house

3. How much time passes between Acts I and II of Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) Two weeks
(b) One month
(c) One week
(d) Two months

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 Lucille Lortel Theater
(c) The Hudson Theater
(d) The Avery Theater

5. Eugene tells Stanley in Act II that their father threw the newspaper at him for what reason?
(a) He brought the New York Times instead of the New York Post
(b) He didn’t bring the morning edition
(c) He brought the New York Post instead of the New York Times
(d) He didn’t bring the evening edition

Short Answer Questions

1. Stanley has been fired from his job for doing what?

2. Eugene says that his cousin Nora has been seeing what guy every night in Act II?

3. Why is Frank at fault for his hospitalization in Act II?

4. How many big musical numbers are in the Broadway musical that Nora hopes to be in?

5. At what time does Nora say she must be at the theater to audition for the Broadway musical in Act I?

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