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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who played the role of Kate in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) Jodi Thelon
(b) Elizabeth Franz
(c) Jessica Hecht
(d) Gracie Bea Lawrence

2. What batter “lopes up to the plate” after the first walks in Eugene’s imaginary baseball game in the opening of Act I?
(a) Mel Ott
(b) JoJo Moore
(c) Ruffing
(d) Dickey

3. What is Kate’s response when Blanche tells her in Act I, “I’m going to pay you and Jack back someday. I don’t know when, but I keep my word”?
(a) I need the money now
(b) I’m not worried about you paying us back
(c) I know you will, Blanche
(d) From your lips to the Irish Sweepstakes

4. What ailment is Laurie Morton said to suffer from in Act I?
(a) Asthma
(b) A heart flutter
(c) Epilepsy
(d) Cancer

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nora say the Broadway musical she wants to be in will premiere first in Act I?

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

3. How many unseen bedrooms are described upstairs in the Jerome household in the stage directions for Act I?

4. When Eugene mimes a ballgame in the opening of Act I, what name does he call the pitcher?

5. 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?

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