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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Blanche Morton described as in the stage directions from Act I?
(a) 32
(b) 36
(c) 25
(d) 38

2. Where does Nora say the Broadway musical she wants to be in will premiere first in Act I?
(a) Chicago
(b) Wilmington
(c) Bucks County
(d) Philadelphia

3. What does Eugene’s mother tell him to get at the store as well as bread in Act I?
(a) Salt
(b) Flour
(c) Butter
(d) Ice cream

4. What batter walks in Eugene’s imaginary baseball game in the opening of Act I?
(a) Ruffing
(b) JoJo Moore
(c) Mel Ott
(d) Dickey

5. How long have Blanche and her children lived in the Jerome household in Act I?
(a) 5 years
(b) 4 and ½ years
(c) 2 and ½ years
(d) 3 and ½ years

Short Answer Questions

1. What wars is Laurie reading about in the opening of Act I?

2. 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?

3. What term refers to the method by which the narrator of Brighton Beach Memoirs speaks to the audience?

4. Eugene says he believes his father is developing what condition as a result of Blanche’s situation in Act I?

5. In what area of the stage is the entrance to the Jerome house in the stage directions for Act I?

(see the answer key)

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