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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kate tells Eugene to run across the street to what store to buy bread in Act I?
(a) Anderson’s
(b) Kroger’s
(c) Greenblatt’s
(d) Goldsmith’s

2. Eugene tells the audience in Act I, “If my mother knew I was writing all this down, she would” do what?
(a) Ground me for a month
(b) Send me to a therapist
(c) Send me straight to college
(d) Stuff me like one of her chickens

3. At what theater does Nora say she has to go to in order to audition for the Broadway musical in Act I?
(a) The Hudson Theater
(b) The Lucille Lortel Theater
(c) The Avery Theater
(d) The Guthrie Theater

4. What kind of sneakers is Eugene described as wearing when his character is introduced in Act I?
(a) Pumas
(b) Nikes
(c) Keds
(d) Adidas

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

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. What batter “lopes up to the plate” after the first walks in Eugene’s imaginary baseball game in the opening of Act I?

3. What actor played the role of Eugene in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?

4. Brighton Beach is located in what borough of New York City?

5. How many bedrooms are described as being seen by the audience upstairs in the Jerome house in the stage directions for Act I?

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