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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) Upstage
(c) Stage Left
(d) Downstage

2. 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 skateboard
(c) A train set
(d) A roller skate

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

4. When arguing with her mother about leaving school to audition for Broadway in Act I, Nora says, “I’ll be making more money than” how many “girls with diplomas”?
(a) Five
(b) Ten
(c) Thirty
(d) Twenty

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

6. How old is Blanche Morton described as in the stage directions from Act I?
(a) 36
(b) 38
(c) 32
(d) 25

7. How long does Kate say she’s lived in this house in Act I?
(a) 3 years
(b) 5 years
(c) 10 years
(d) 7 years

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

9. Eugene says he believes his father is developing what condition as a result of Blanche’s situation in Act I?
(a) Seasonal allergies
(b) High blood pressure
(c) Migraine headaches
(d) Glaucoma

10. 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 silverware
(c) The napkins
(d) The plates and bowls

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

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

13. 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) Gutters
(b) Sidewalks
(c) Doors
(d) Streets

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

15. What did Blanche’s husband die from?
(a) Tuberculosis
(b) Cancer
(c) A stroke
(d) A heart attack

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the pitcher get the sign from before pitching in Eugene’s imaginary baseball game in the beginning of Act I?

2. In what class does Laurie say she’s got a big test tomorrow in the beginning of Act I?

3. What actor played the role of Eugene in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?

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

5. 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?

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