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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money’s worth of stamps does Eugene offer to Stanley in Act II?
(a) 34 cents’ worth
(b) 8 cents’ worth
(c) 10 cents’ worth
(d) 22 cents’ worth

2. Where does Nora say the Broadway musical she wants to be in will premiere first in Act I?
(a) Chicago
(b) Philadelphia
(c) Bucks County
(d) Wilmington

3. What role did Zeljko Ivanek play in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) Frank Murphy
(b) Stanley Jerome
(c) Eugene Jerome
(d) Jack Jerome

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

5. What does Laurie say the person who gave her the letter offered for her to eat in Act II?
(a) Bread
(b) Rotten candy
(c) A cookie
(d) A pound cake

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the letter say Frank is moving after he gets out of his current difficulties in Act II?

2. When Kate and Blanche begin arguing in Act II, Kate says “I was the workhorse and you were the” what?

3. Kate tells Jack in Act II, “My family were worriers. Worriers generally marry” what?

4. What is the name of the friend Blanche says she’s going to stay with in Act II?

5. What was Blanche’s husband’s name?

(see the answer key)

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