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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eugene say his dad was doing at nights to try to earn extra money before his health collapsed in Act II?
(a) Engineering a subway
(b) Night auditing at a hotel
(c) Driving a taxi
(d) Selling vacuum cleaners

2. Where is the medal from that Stanley earned for the hundred-yard dash two years ago?
(a) The New Jersey Athletic League
(b) The Volunteer Fire Department Athletic League
(c) The Coney Island Athletic League
(d) The Police Athletic League

3. How long was Stanley gambling before he’d lost his whole salary in Act II?
(a) 30 minutes
(b) 5 minutes
(c) 20 minutes
(d) 10 minutes

4. Kate tells Blanche she’ll find out for her how much whose house rents for in Act II?
(a) The Murphys’
(b) The Petermans’
(c) The Potoks’
(d) The Andersons’

5. Who does Laurie decide her mother looks like before she leaves for her date in Act II?
(a) Grace Kelly
(b) Carole Lombard
(c) Audrey Hepburn
(d) Katharine Hepburn

6. When Stanley returns home at the end of Act II, Eugene tells him, “Mom’s in the kitchen cooking. Pop’s upstairs with his prayer book. They figured if God didn’t bring you home, maybe” what would?
(a) Her potato pancakes
(b) Her chicken noodle soup
(c) Her homemade pirogues
(d) Her chocolate cake

7. What physical ailment has Jack suffered prior to the opening of Act II?
(a) A bout of pneumonia
(b) An epileptic seizure
(c) A heart attack
(d) A brain aneurysm

8. Eugene says that his cousin Nora has been seeing what guy every night in Act II?
(a) Michael Stuart
(b) James Handy
(c) William Ross
(d) Larry Clurman

9. Who gave Laurie the letter that she brings to Blanche in Act II?
(a) Mrs. Murphy
(b) Nora Jerome
(c) Eugene Jerome
(d) Frank Murphy

10. How much money does Kate say she’s going to get from Stanley for Blanche to take with her on her date in Act II?
(a) $15
(b) $10
(c) $5
(d) $3

11. Stanley says in Act II that when he claimed to have lost money in November, he actually did what with it?
(a) Lost it gambling
(b) Paid for a prostitute
(c) Paid for a car payment
(d) Used it to take a trip to New Jersey

12. Blanche says before exiting upstairs in Act II, “For people like us, sometimes the only thing we really own is our” what?
(a) Sympathy
(b) Tolerance
(c) Privacy
(d) Dignity

13. How old does Blanche say her husband was when he died in Act II?
(a) 38
(b) 41
(c) 42
(d) 36

14. To what store does Jack tell Eugene to go for ice cream in Act II?
(a) Piggly Wiggly
(b) Greenblatt’s
(c) Kroger’s
(d) Hanson’s

15. Jack says to Blanche when she and Kate are fighting in Act II, “Tell her what it’s like to live in a house that isn’t yours. To have to depend on somebody else to put food on your plate every night. I know what it’s like because I lived that way until I was” how old?
(a) Eighteen years old
(b) Twenty-one years old
(c) Twenty-three years old
(d) Thirty-one years old

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Jack say he just paid the doctor in Act II?

2. Whose brother-in-law is filling in for Jack Jerome while he’s out of work sick in the beginning of Act II?

3. How many “terrific lies” does Eugene tell Stanley he came up with for him to explain the missing money in Act II?

4. What kind of ice cream does Jack say he wants for dessert in Act II?

5. On what day of the week does Act II open?

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