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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days ago does Eugene say his father suffered the physical ailment in the opening of Act II?
(a) 2 days ago
(b) 3 days ago
(c) 5 days ago
(d) 4 days ago

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) Gutters
(b) Streets
(c) Doors
(d) Sidewalks

3. What is Eugene’s full name in Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) Eugene Morris Jerome
(b) Eugene Williams Jerome
(c) Eugene Stanley Jerome
(d) Eugene Stephen Jerome

4. How much money’s worth of stamps does Eugene offer to Stanley in Act II?
(a) 10 cents’ worth
(b) 8 cents’ worth
(c) 22 cents’ worth
(d) 34 cents’ worth

5. Eugene asks the audience in Act II, “How am I going to become a writer if I don’t know how to” what?
(a) Perceive weakness
(b) Suffer
(c) Come up with ideas
(d) Write dialogue

Short Answer Questions

1. What batter “lopes up to the plate” after the first walks in Eugene’s imaginary baseball game in the opening of Act I?

2. How old does Blanche say her husband was when he died in Act II?

3. 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?

4. How is Blanche’s demeanor described when she descends the stairs for her date in Act II?

5. What military branch is Stanley considering enlisting in, in Act II?

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