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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tells Nora that she can’t sing or carry a tune in Act I?
(a) Blanche Morton
(b) Eugene Jerome
(c) Kate Jerome
(d) Laurie Morton

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

3. 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) Kate Jerome
(c) Eugene Jerome
(d) Jack Jerome

4. In Act I, Eugene says his name is the second worst name ever given to a male child. What is the “first worst” name?
(a) Chaim Potok
(b) Peter Gnarley
(c) Everly Williams
(d) Haskell Fleischmann

5. What is the name of the Broadway musical Nora says she’s going to be cast in, in Act I?
(a) Les Miserables
(b) Cats
(c) Abracadabra
(d) Hello Dolly!

Short Answer Questions

1. What actress played the role of Nora in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?

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

3. How long ago did Blanche’s husband die in Act I?

4. How many unseen bedrooms are described upstairs in the Jerome household in the stage directions for Act I?

5. Nora tells her family in Act I that the Broadway musical she wants to be in will start rehearsing when?

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