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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 he “got hit with a baseball right in the back of the skull” and had double vision for a week and still had to do what chore?
(a) Take out the trash every morning
(b) Wash the dishes
(c) Wash and iron his school clothes each day
(d) Carry a block of ice home every afternoon

2. Eugene tells the audience in Act I that he’s committed a mortal sin by doing what?
(a) Committing adultery
(b) Lusting after his cousin
(c) Stealing from a priest
(d) Lusting after his mother

3. Eugene wishes that he’d been born into what heritage in the opening of Act I?
(a) Italian
(b) German
(c) Jewish
(d) Irish

4. What baseball team does Eugene dream of playing for in Act I?
(a) The Yankees
(b) The Red Sox
(c) The Dodgers
(d) The Blue Sox

5. What role did Zeljko Ivanek play in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) Jack Jerome
(b) Eugene Jerome
(c) Frank Murphy
(d) Stanley Jerome

Short Answer Questions

1. What color baseball cap is Eugene wearing in the opening of Act I?

2. Where does Kate describe her parents packing up and leaving the house to come to America in Act I?

3. In what class does Laurie say she’s got a big test tomorrow in the beginning of Act I?

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

5. Laurie tells her mom in Act I that her teacher says glasses should be changed every how often?

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