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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When arguing with her mother about leaving school to audition for Broadway in Act I, Nora says, “I’ll be making more money than” how many “girls with diplomas”?
(a) Twenty
(b) Five
(c) Thirty
(d) Ten

3. What does Nora say will be on the stage in the Broadway musical she wants to be in, in Act I?
(a) A castle
(b) A big water tank
(c) A giant ship
(d) A large see-through net

4. In what area of the stage is the entrance to the Jerome house in the stage directions for Act I?
(a) Stage Left
(b) Stage Right
(c) Upstage
(d) Downstage

5. Laurie tells her mom in Act I that her teacher says glasses should be changed every how often?
(a) Every year
(b) Every 2 years
(c) Every 5 years
(d) Every 3 years

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago does Eugene say Nora “started developing” in Act I?

2. How many unseen bedrooms are described upstairs in the Jerome household in the stage directions for Act I?

3. Kate describes the Murphy family across the street as belonging to what group in Act I?

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

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

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