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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kate tells her sister in Act I, “Remember what Momma used to tell us. Stay on your own side of the street. That’s what they have” what for?
(a) Gutters
(b) Doors
(c) Sidewalks
(d) Streets

2. How many unseen bedrooms are described upstairs in the Jerome household in the stage directions for Act I?
(a) 5
(b) 4
(c) 2
(d) 3

3. Where does Eugene say he’d be this winter if he made it into his favorite baseball team in Act I?
(a) Miami
(b) Dallas
(c) St. Petersburg
(d) St. Lauderdale

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

5. What wars is Laurie reading about in the opening of Act I?
(a) The Italian Renaissance Wars
(b) The Korean Wars
(c) The Macedonian Wars
(d) The Great Wars

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. What role did actor Peter Michael Goetz play in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?

3. What does Kate tell Eugene to place at the dinner table when she tells him to stop playing baseball in the beginning of Act I?

4. Nora tells her mother in Act I that in taking this Broadway role she could be making almost how much money per week?

5. 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?

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