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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How long have Blanche and her children lived in the Jerome household in Act I?
(a) 2 and ½ years
(b) 3 and ½ years
(c) 5 years
(d) 4 and ½ years

4. Who responds to say they’re excited for her when Nora asks in Act I, “My God, isn’t anybody excited?”
(a) Stanley Jerome
(b) Eugene Jerome
(c) Kate Jerome
(d) Jack Jerome

5. How is the Jerome house described in the stage directions for Act I?
(a) A wooden frame house
(b) A three-story brownstone
(c) A former boarding house
(d) A brick multi-level house

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. Who complains of a splitting headache as Eugene plays imaginary baseball in the beginning of Act I?

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

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

5. When does Nora say the Broadway musical she wants to be in will come to New York in Act I?

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