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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) Doing dishes
(b) Sewing
(c) Cooking
(d) Cleaning

2. Kate describes the Murphy family across the street as belonging to what group in Act I?
(a) The Israelis
(b) The Cossacks
(c) The Goyim
(d) The Nazis

3. Where does Kate describe her parents packing up and leaving the house to come to America in Act I?
(a) France
(b) Germany
(c) Russia
(d) Ukraine

4. 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”?
(a) From your lips to the Irish Sweepstakes
(b) I need the money now
(c) I know you will, Blanche
(d) I’m not worried about you paying us back

5. Who complains of a splitting headache as Eugene plays imaginary baseball in the beginning of Act I?
(a) Blanche Morton
(b) Nora Morton
(c) Laurie Morton
(d) Kate Jerome

Short Answer Questions

1. Eugene tells the audience in Act I that he’s committed a mortal sin by doing what?

2. What ailment does Eugene say his aunt Blanche suffers from in Act I?

3. Brighton Beach is located in what borough of New York City?

4. What does Kate say she’s never done before in her life and “why should I start with my own family” in Act I?

5. Kate tells her sister in Act I to stop sewing because she’s been doing it since what time this morning?

(see the answer key)

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