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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what area of the stage is the entrance to the Jerome house in the stage directions for Act I?
(a) Stage Right
(b) Stage Left
(c) Downstage
(d) Upstage

2. What does Kate tell Laurie to set out for the dinner table in Act I?
(a) Plates
(b) Bowls
(c) Glasses
(d) Napkins

3. Eugene’s brother Stanley is almost how old in Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) 16
(b) 19
(c) 21
(d) 17

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

5. What does Kate tell Eugene to place at the dinner table when she tells him to stop playing baseball in the beginning of Act I?
(a) The water glasses
(b) The napkins
(c) The plates and bowls
(d) The silverware

6. 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

7. 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

8. Where does Eugene say he’d be this winter if he made it into his favorite baseball team in Act I?
(a) Miami
(b) St. Petersburg
(c) St. Lauderdale
(d) Dallas

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

10. How many times does Eugene respond his mother has told him not to leave his things around the house in Act I?
(a) 109
(b) 200
(c) 100
(d) 500

11. Eugene claims that his grandfather died from what in Act I?
(a) Diphtheria
(b) Polio
(c) Tuberculosis
(d) Pneumonia

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

13. What school classes does Nora say aren’t “going to help me on the stage” in Act I?
(a) Algebra and English
(b) Science and Math
(c) Calculus and Home Economics
(d) Drama and Dance

14. How long ago does Eugene say Nora “started developing” in Act I?
(a) 1 year ago
(b) 6 weeks ago
(c) 8 months ago
(d) 2 years ago

15. 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) Cooked
(c) Voted
(d) Took a stand

Short Answer Questions

1. What wars is Laurie reading about in the opening of Act I?

2. Where does Nora say the Broadway musical she wants to be in will premiere first in Act I?

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

4. What year is described as the setting in the stage directions for Act I?

5. Who responds to say they’re excited for her when Nora asks in Act I, “My God, isn’t anybody excited?”

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