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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of ice cream does Jack say he wants for dessert in Act II?
(a) Maple walnut
(b) Chocolate
(c) Vanilla
(d) Butter pecan

2. What baseball team does Eugene dream of playing for in Act I?
(a) The Blue Sox
(b) The Yankees
(c) The Red Sox
(d) The Dodgers

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

4. At about what time does Act II open?
(a) 6:30 p.m.
(b) 3:30 p.m.
(c) 9:30 p.m.
(d) 6:00 a.m.

5. Jack says to Blanche when she and Kate are fighting in Act II, “Tell her what it’s like to live in a house that isn’t yours. To have to depend on somebody else to put food on your plate every night. I know what it’s like because I lived that way until I was” how old?
(a) Twenty-one years old
(b) Eighteen years old
(c) Twenty-three years old
(d) Thirty-one years old

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Jack say the Murphys have lived across the street in Act II?

2. Eugene wishes that he’d been born into what heritage in the opening of Act I?

3. Eugene claims in Act II, “I’d give up writing if I could” what?

4. Eugene tells the audience in Act I that he’s committed a mortal sin by doing what?

5. How is the Jerome house described in the stage directions for Act I?

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