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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many big musical numbers are in the Broadway musical that Nora hopes to be in?
(a) 9
(b) 6
(c) 2
(d) 8

3. Who played the role of Kate in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) Jessica Hecht
(b) Elizabeth Franz
(c) Jodi Thelon
(d) Gracie Bea Lawrence

4. What year is described as the setting in the stage directions for Act I?
(a) 1939
(b) 1937
(c) 1941
(d) 1938

5. What does Nora say will be on the stage in the Broadway musical she wants to be in, in Act I?
(a) A castle
(b) A giant ship
(c) A big water tank
(d) A large see-through net

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

7. What is the name of the Broadway musical Nora says she’s going to be cast in, in Act I?
(a) Les Miserables
(b) Hello Dolly!
(c) Abracadabra
(d) Cats

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

9. Eugene says in Act I that one day he’s going to be a writer like whom?
(a) Ernest Hemingway
(b) Ring Lardner
(c) Chaim Potok
(d) Samuel Beckett

10. 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 jump rope
(b) A train set
(c) A skateboard
(d) A roller skate

11. How old is Eugene Jerome in Act I?
(a) Almost 13
(b) Almost 15
(c) Almost 14
(d) Almost 16

12. Who complains of a splitting headache as Eugene plays imaginary baseball in the beginning of Act I?
(a) Blanche Morton
(b) Laurie Morton
(c) Kate Jerome
(d) Nora Morton

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

14. 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) 20
(c) 10
(d) 30

15. What actor played the role of Eugene in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) Noah Robbins
(b) Matthew Broderick
(c) Peter Michael Goetz
(d) Santino Fontana

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Laurie ask for a glass of prior to dinner in Act I?

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

3. Eugene says he believes his father is developing what condition as a result of Blanche’s situation in Act I?

4. 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?

5. Nora tells her family in Act I that the Broadway musical she wants to be in will start rehearsing when?

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