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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What batter “lopes up to the plate” after the first walks in Eugene’s imaginary baseball game in the opening of Act I?
(a) Dickey
(b) Mel Ott
(c) Ruffing
(d) JoJo Moore

2. How many years has Nora been in dancing school in Act I?
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 1

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

4. Eugene tells the audience in Act I, “If my mother knew I was writing all this down, she would” do what?
(a) Ground me for a month
(b) Send me to a therapist
(c) Send me straight to college
(d) Stuff me like one of her chickens

5. How many hours a day does Nora say she spends on a subway in Act I?
(a) 4
(b) 1 1/2
(c) 2
(d) 3

6. What batter walks in Eugene’s imaginary baseball game in the opening of Act I?
(a) Mel Ott
(b) Ruffing
(c) JoJo Moore
(d) Dickey

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

8. When Eugene’s mother tells him to stop throwing the baseball against the wall in the opening of Act I, he tells her this game is for what?
(a) The Super Bowl
(b) The Heisman Trophy
(c) The Major Leagues
(d) The World Series

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

10. 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) 30
(d) 10

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

12. In what county does Eugene say he lives in Act I?
(a) Brunswick County
(b) Queens County
(c) Kings County
(d) Manhattan County

13. What kind of sneakers is Eugene described as wearing when his character is introduced in Act I?
(a) Adidas
(b) Pumas
(c) Nikes
(d) Keds

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

15. At what time does Nora say she must be at the theater to audition for the Broadway musical in Act I?
(a) 11:00 a.m.
(b) 8:00 a.m.
(c) 9:00 a.m.
(d) 10:00 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time of day does Act I open?

2. How many big musical numbers are in the Broadway musical that Nora hopes to be in?

3. Who complains of a splitting headache as Eugene plays imaginary baseball in the beginning of Act I?

4. What actress played the role of Nora in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?

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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