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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 and iron his school clothes each day
(c) Carry a block of ice home every afternoon
(d) Wash the dishes

2. What batter “lopes up to the plate” after the first walks in Eugene’s imaginary baseball game in the opening of Act I?
(a) Ruffing
(b) Mel Ott
(c) JoJo Moore
(d) Dickey

3. What does Kate say she’s never done before in her life and “why should I start with my own family” in Act I?
(a) Fought
(b) Took a stand
(c) Cooked
(d) Voted

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

5. What actor played the role of Eugene in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) Peter Michael Goetz
(b) Noah Robbins
(c) Matthew Broderick
(d) Santino Fontana

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who played the role of Kate in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?

3. Eugene says in Act I that one day he’s going to be a writer like whom?

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

5. Who responds to say they’re excited for her when Nora asks in Act I, “My God, isn’t anybody excited?”

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