View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the Broadway producer that Nora says came to her dance class in Act I?
(a) Mr. Beckman
(b) Mr. Stephens
(c) Mr. Bradshaw
(d) Mr. Bradley

2. How many bedrooms are described as being seen by the audience upstairs in the Jerome house in the stage directions for Act I?
(a) 2
(b) 6
(c) 3
(d) 4

3. How long does Kate say she’s lived in this house in Act I?
(a) 5 years
(b) 7 years
(c) 3 years
(d) 10 years

4. What actor played the role of Eugene in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) Peter Michael Goetz
(b) Matthew Broderick
(c) Noah Robbins
(d) Santino Fontana

5. 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 skateboard
(c) A roller skate
(d) A jump rope

Short Answer Questions

1. What year is described as the setting in the stage directions for Act I?

2. 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”?

3. What wars is Laurie reading about in the opening of Act I?

4. What kind of bread does Eugene’s mother tell him to get at the store in Act I?

5. Who does the pitcher get the sign from before pitching in Eugene’s imaginary baseball game in the beginning of Act I?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 283 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample