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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) James and Peter
(c) Ben and Ezra
(d) George and Sandy

2. Brighton Beach is located in what borough of New York City?
(a) Queens
(b) Manhattan
(c) Staten Island
(d) Brooklyn

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

4. Nora tells her mother in Act I that in taking this Broadway role she could be making almost how much money per week?
(a) $200
(b) $80
(c) $100
(d) $60

5. What does Kate tell Eugene to place at the dinner table when she tells him to stop playing baseball in the beginning of Act I?
(a) The plates and bowls
(b) The silverware
(c) The water glasses
(d) The napkins

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Eugene tells the audience in Act I that he’s committed a mortal sin by doing what?

3. What role did actor Peter Michael Goetz play in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?

4. Kate tells Eugene to run across the street to what store to buy bread in Act I?

5. On what day does Nora say she’s going to audition for the Broadway musical in Act I?

(see the answer key)

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