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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Act I, Eugene says his name is the second worst name ever given to a male child. What is the “first worst” name?
(a) Haskell Fleischmann
(b) Peter Gnarley
(c) Everly Williams
(d) Chaim Potok

2. What batter “lopes up to the plate” after the first walks in Eugene’s imaginary baseball game in the opening of Act I?
(a) Ruffing
(b) Mel Ott
(c) Dickey
(d) JoJo Moore

3. Jack Jerome’s second job was selling what before the company shut down?
(a) Party favors
(b) Cars
(c) Vacuum cleaners
(d) Dishwashers

4. Eugene claims that his grandfather died from what in Act I?
(a) Pneumonia
(b) Polio
(c) Diphtheria
(d) Tuberculosis

5. What is Eugene’s full name in Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) Eugene Stanley Jerome
(b) Eugene Williams Jerome
(c) Eugene Morris Jerome
(d) Eugene Stephen Jerome

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kate tell Laurie to set out for the dinner table in Act I?

2. How many years has Nora been in dancing school in Act I?

3. What kind of ice cream does Jack say he wants for dessert in Act II?

4. Who is the Broadway producer that Nora says came to her dance class in Act I?

5. Eugene says of his mother in Act II, “She’s angry at the whole world. That’s why she’s making” what for dinner?

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