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

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) Nora Morton
(c) Kate Jerome
(d) Laurie Morton

2. Kate tells her sister in Act I, “Remember what Momma used to tell us. Stay on your own side of the street. That’s what they have” what for?
(a) Streets
(b) Gutters
(c) Sidewalks
(d) Doors

3. What year is described as the setting in the stage directions for Act I?
(a) 1937
(b) 1938
(c) 1939
(d) 1941

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

5. Who tells Nora that she can’t sing or carry a tune in Act I?
(a) Eugene Jerome
(b) Blanche Morton
(c) Laurie Morton
(d) Kate Jerome

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Blanche Morton doing when the curtain rises for Act I?

2. What batter walks in Eugene’s imaginary baseball game in the opening of Act I?

3. What was Blanche’s husband’s name?

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

5. What actress played the role of Nora in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?

(see the answer key)

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