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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Jack say he just paid the doctor in Act II?
(a) $30
(b) $5
(c) $20
(d) $15

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

3. What flavor ice cream does Jack tell Eugene to get for his mother in Act II?
(a) Cherry
(b) Vanilla
(c) Chocolate
(d) Butter pecan

4. 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?
(a) French, Germans, and Polish
(b) Jews, Irish and Germans
(c) Irish, Italians, and French
(d) Jews, Irish, and Italians

5. How old is Laurie Morton described as in the stage directions from Act I?
(a) 13
(b) 18
(c) 20
(d) 16

Short Answer Questions

1. Stanley makes Eugene promise him that he’ll do what in the future in Act II?

2. Of the letter that Blanche receives in Act II, Eugene says, “It was a sad letter, all right, but it sure was well written. Maybe I should have been born” where?

3. 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”?

4. How much money does Stanley say he lost in November and claimed he had a hole in his pocket?

5. What role did actor Peter Michael Goetz play in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?

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