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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Blanche’s demeanor described when she descends the stairs for her date in Act II?
(a) Vicious
(b) Exuberant
(c) Playful
(d) Cold

2. What was Blanche’s husband’s name?
(a) John Morton
(b) Dave Morton
(c) Peter Morton
(d) Francis Morton

3. Eugene tells the audience in Act I that he’s committed a mortal sin by doing what?
(a) Lusting after his mother
(b) Committing adultery
(c) Lusting after his cousin
(d) Stealing from a priest

4. After listing his top baseball teams he’d like to play for one day, Eugene says that if it gets down to what team then he’d consider just being a writer?
(a) The Boston Red Sox
(b) The Dallas Cowboys
(c) The St. Louis Browns
(d) The Atlanta Braves

5. How long have Blanche and her children lived in the Jerome household in Act I?
(a) 2 and ½ years
(b) 5 years
(c) 4 and ½ years
(d) 3 and ½ years

Short Answer Questions

1. Of whom does Jack say in Act II, “That child is pampered too much”?

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

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

4. How much money does Stanley give to his father that he earned setting pins at the bowling alley the night before at the end of Act II?

5. At what theater does Nora say she has to go to in order to audition for the Broadway musical in Act I?

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