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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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?”
(a) Oh God I’m sorry, Pa
(b) Don’t go in the kitchen, Pa
(c) Quick – someone call an ambulance!
(d) Call Stanley in there first

4. What is Kate carrying in Act I when she walks out of the kitchen and says to Eugene, “On my kitchen floor? Do you want me dead, is that what you want”?
(a) A skateboard
(b) A train set
(c) A roller skate
(d) A jump rope

5. Brighton Beach is located in what borough of New York City?
(a) Queens
(b) Brooklyn
(c) Manhattan
(d) Staten Island

6. What color baseball cap is Eugene wearing in the opening of Act I?
(a) Red
(b) Green
(c) Blue
(d) Yellow

7. What month is it in the opening of Act I?
(a) October
(b) August
(c) June
(d) September

8. About how old is the character of Kate Jerome described as in the stage directions in Act I?
(a) 30
(b) 35
(c) 40
(d) 45

9. In what class does Laurie say she’s got a big test tomorrow in the beginning of Act I?
(a) Math
(b) History
(c) Science
(d) English

10. When Eugene mimes a ballgame in the opening of Act I, what name does he call the pitcher?
(a) Dickey
(b) Mel Ott
(c) Ruffing
(d) JoJo Moore

11. Kate tells her sister in Act I, “Remember what Momma used to tell us. Stay on your own side of the street. That’s what they have” what for?
(a) Streets
(b) Doors
(c) Sidewalks
(d) Gutters

12. Eugene tells the audience in Act I that he’s left instructions for his memoirs to not be opened until how many years after his death?
(a) 15
(b) 30
(c) 10
(d) 20

13. 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) Fought
(b) Took a stand
(c) Voted
(d) Cooked

14. How is the Jerome house described in the stage directions for Act I?
(a) A wooden frame house
(b) A brick multi-level house
(c) A former boarding house
(d) A three-story brownstone

15. When does Nora say the Broadway musical she wants to be in will come to New York in Act I?
(a) The second week of December
(b) The first week of July
(c) The third week of August
(d) The second week of October

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day does Nora say she’s going to audition for the Broadway musical in Act I?

2. Eugene tells the audience in Act I that he’s committed a mortal sin by doing what?

3. How long have Blanche and her children lived in the Jerome household in Act I?

4. What does Eugene’s mother tell him to get at the store as well as bread in Act I?

5. What baseball team does Eugene dream of playing for in Act I?

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