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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After listing his top baseball teams he’d like to play for one day, Eugene says that if it gets down to what team then he’d consider just being a writer?
(a) The St. Louis Browns
(b) The Dallas Cowboys
(c) The Boston Red Sox
(d) The Atlanta Braves

2. 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?
(a) Jews, Irish and Germans
(b) French, Germans, and Polish
(c) Irish, Italians, and French
(d) Jews, Irish, and Italians

3. Eugene tells the audience in Act I that he’s left instructions for his memoirs to not be opened until how many years after his death?
(a) 30
(b) 20
(c) 15
(d) 10

4. How old is Nora Morton said to be in Act I?
(a) 15
(b) 17
(c) 18
(d) 16

5. What month is it in the opening of Act I?
(a) August
(b) October
(c) September
(d) June

Short Answer Questions

1. When Eugene’s mother tells him to stop throwing the baseball against the wall in the opening of Act I, he tells her this game is for what?

2. Eugene says he believes his father is developing what condition as a result of Blanche’s situation in Act I?

3. What does Eugene’s mother tell him to get at the store as well as bread in Act I?

4. In what area of the stage is the entrance to the Jerome house in the stage directions for Act I?

5. In what class does Laurie say she’s got a big test tomorrow in the beginning of Act I?

(see the answer key)

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