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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the names of Kate’s brothers whom she says drove her mother crazy as they were growing up in Act I?
(a) Mel and Stanley
(b) Ben and Ezra
(c) George and Sandy
(d) James and Peter

2. What is Blanche Morton doing when the curtain rises for Act I?
(a) Sewing
(b) Doing dishes
(c) Cleaning
(d) Cooking

3. Who is the Broadway producer that Nora says came to her dance class in Act I?
(a) Mr. Beckman
(b) Mr. Bradshaw
(c) Mr. Bradley
(d) Mr. Stephens

4. Who complains of a splitting headache as Eugene plays imaginary baseball in the beginning of Act I?
(a) Blanche Morton
(b) Kate Jerome
(c) Laurie Morton
(d) Nora Morton

5. On what day does Nora say she’s going to audition for the Broadway musical in Act I?
(a) Friday
(b) Tuesday
(c) Saturday
(d) Monday

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the original production of Brighton Beach Memoirs premiere on Broadway?

2. 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?

3. How old is Laurie Morton described as in the stage directions from Act I?

4. Eugene claims that his grandfather died from what in Act I?

5. What is Kate’s response when Blanche tells her in Act I, “I’m going to pay you and Jack back someday. I don’t know when, but I keep my word”?

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