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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose brother-in-law is filling in for Jack Jerome while he’s out of work sick in the beginning of Act II?
(a) Mr. Anderson’s
(b) Mr. Jacobson’s
(c) Mr. Smith’s
(d) Mr. Murphy’s

2. Who is the movie star that Kate says Blanche looks like when Blanche descends for her date in Act II?
(a) Marilyn Monroe
(b) Clara Bow
(c) Betty Grable
(d) Irene Dunne

3. When did the original production of Brighton Beach Memoirs premiere on Broadway?
(a) March 13, 1985
(b) September 12, 1984
(c) March 27, 1983
(d) June 16, 1982

4. What is Kate carrying in Act I when she walks out of the kitchen and says to Eugene, “On my kitchen floor? Do you want me dead, is that what you want”?
(a) A train set
(b) A jump rope
(c) A roller skate
(d) A skateboard

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did Stanley lose his salary in Act II?

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

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

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