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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Blanche Morton doing when the curtain rises for Act I?
(a) Sewing
(b) Cooking
(c) Cleaning
(d) Doing dishes

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

3. When Kate and Blanche begin arguing in Act II, Kate says “I was the workhorse and you were the” what?
(a) Spoiled one
(b) Pretty one
(c) Scholar
(d) Petty one

4. What actress played the role of Nora in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) Elizabeth Franz
(b) Jessica Hecht
(c) Jodi Thelon
(d) Gracie Bea Lawrence

5. Who does the pitcher get the sign from before pitching in Eugene’s imaginary baseball game in the beginning of Act I?
(a) Ruffing
(b) Mel Ott
(c) Dickey
(d) JoJo Moore

Short Answer Questions

1. The letter to Blanche in Act II says, “I tried to reach you earlier, then realized you had no” what?

2. Why is Frank at fault for his hospitalization in Act II?

3. What is Eugene’s full name in Brighton Beach Memoirs?

4. Eugene says of his mother in Act II, “She’s angry at the whole world. That’s why she’s making” what for dinner?

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

(see the answer key)

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