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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Eugene wishes that he’d been born into what heritage in the opening of Act I?
(a) Jewish
(b) Italian
(c) Irish
(d) German

2. Stanley says in Act II that when he claimed to have lost money in November, he actually did what with it?
(a) Paid for a car payment
(b) Lost it gambling
(c) Paid for a prostitute
(d) Used it to take a trip to New Jersey

3. What term refers to the method by which the narrator of Brighton Beach Memoirs speaks to the audience?
(a) Direct address
(b) Dialogue
(c) Soliloquy
(d) Terminal address

4. What does Kate say she’s never done before in her life and “why should I start with my own family” in Act I?
(a) Voted
(b) Took a stand
(c) Cooked
(d) Fought

5. Kate describes the Murphy family across the street as belonging to what group in Act I?
(a) The Nazis
(b) The Goyim
(c) The Israelis
(d) The Cossacks

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Stanley lose his salary in Act II?

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

4. In Act I, Eugene says his name is the second worst name ever given to a male child. What is the “first worst” name?

5. Eugene says of his mother in Act II, “If I told her I just lost both my hands in an accident she’d say” what?

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