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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role did actor Peter Michael Goetz play in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) Eugene Jerome
(b) Stanley Jerome
(c) Frank Murphy
(d) Jack Jerome

2. How old does Blanche say her husband was when he died in Act II?
(a) 42
(b) 38
(c) 36
(d) 41

3. How old does Jack say his grandmother was when she died?
(a) 94
(b) 101
(c) 91
(d) 87

4. How much time passes between Acts I and II of Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) One month
(b) One week
(c) Two weeks
(d) Two months

5. Eugene’s brother Stanley is almost how old in Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) 19
(b) 16
(c) 17
(d) 21

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Eugene’s response when his mother asks him in Act I, “What would you tell your father if he came home and I was dead on the kitchen floor?”

2. How long ago did Blanche’s husband die in Act I?

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

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

5. What school classes does Nora say aren’t “going to help me on the stage” in Act I?

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