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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Eugene says in Act I that one day he’s going to be a writer like whom?
(a) Samuel Beckett
(b) Chaim Potok
(c) Ring Lardner
(d) Ernest Hemingway

2. What batter “lopes up to the plate” after the first walks in Eugene’s imaginary baseball game in the opening of Act I?
(a) Mel Ott
(b) JoJo Moore
(c) Ruffing
(d) Dickey

3. When arguing with her mother about leaving school to audition for Broadway in Act I, Nora says, “I’ll be making more money than” how many “girls with diplomas”?
(a) Ten
(b) Twenty
(c) Thirty
(d) Five

4. Eugene tells the audience in Act I, “If my mother knew I was writing all this down, she would” do what?
(a) Send me straight to college
(b) Send me to a therapist
(c) Stuff me like one of her chickens
(d) Ground me for a month

5. What did Blanche’s husband die from?
(a) A stroke
(b) Cancer
(c) Tuberculosis
(d) A heart attack

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of sneakers is Eugene described as wearing when his character is introduced in Act I?

2. In what county does Eugene say he lives in Act I?

3. 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?

4. How many bedrooms are described as being seen by the audience upstairs in the Jerome house in the stage directions for Act I?

5. 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?

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