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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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?
(a) Jews, Irish and Germans
(b) Irish, Italians, and French
(c) French, Germans, and Polish
(d) Jews, Irish, and Italians

4. What year is described as the setting in the stage directions for Act I?
(a) 1937
(b) 1939
(c) 1938
(d) 1941

5. What color baseball cap is Eugene wearing in the opening of Act I?
(a) Yellow
(b) Red
(c) Green
(d) Blue

Short Answer 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?

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

3. How is the Jerome house described in the stage directions for Act I?

4. What ailment does Eugene say his aunt Blanche suffers from in Act I?

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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