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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Kate tells Eugene to run across the street to what store to buy bread in Act I?
(a) Kroger’s
(b) Goldsmith’s
(c) Greenblatt’s
(d) Anderson’s

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

5. What actress played the role of Blanche in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) Elizabeth Franz
(b) Jodi Thelon
(c) Joyce Van Patten
(d) Gracie Bea Lawrence

6. What actress played the role of Nora in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) Jessica Hecht
(b) Jodi Thelon
(c) Gracie Bea Lawrence
(d) Elizabeth Franz

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

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

9. After listing his top baseball teams he’d like to play for one day, Eugene says that if it gets down to what team then he’d consider just being a writer?
(a) The St. Louis Browns
(b) The Dallas Cowboys
(c) The Boston Red Sox
(d) The Atlanta Braves

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

11. Laurie tells her mom in Act I that her teacher says glasses should be changed every how often?
(a) Every 2 years
(b) Every 3 years
(c) Every year
(d) Every 5 years

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Kate describes the Murphy family across the street as belonging to what group in Act I?

2. Eugene tells the audience in Act I, “If my mother knew I was writing all this down, she would” do what?

3. 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?

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”?

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

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