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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. When did the original production of Brighton Beach Memoirs premiere on Broadway?
(a) September 12, 1984
(b) June 16, 1982
(c) March 13, 1985
(d) March 27, 1983

5. Who does the pitcher get the sign from before pitching in Eugene’s imaginary baseball game in the beginning of Act I?
(a) Mel Ott
(b) Ruffing
(c) JoJo Moore
(d) Dickey

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Kate say she’s lived in this house in Act I?

2. What role did actor Peter Michael Goetz play in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?

3. On what day does Nora say she’s going to audition for the Broadway musical in Act I?

4. What term refers to the method by which the narrator of Brighton Beach Memoirs speaks to the audience?

5. Eugene says in Act I that one day he’s going to be a writer like whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Blanche Morton respond to the news that Nora Morton relates to the family before dinner in Act I?

2. What comprises the second floor of the Jerome house, according to the stage directions in Act I? How is the setting related to the themes in the play?

3. Discuss the narrative style of Brighton Beach Memoirs. What purpose does the use of direct address serve in the play?

4. What is Eugene doing as the play opens in Act I? How is his neighborhood described?

5. How is the Jerome house described in the stage directions for Act I? What comprises the first floor of the house?

6. What decision does Stanley reach regarding his job in Act I? How does Eugene help him?

7. What news does Nora Morton relate to the family when she arrives home in Act I?

8. Why does Eugene’s mother call him inside in the beginning of Act I? What does Eugene relate about his ambitions in this scene?

9. What information does Eugene give to the reader/audience regarding Blanche Morton in the beginning of Act I?

10. What is Jack Jerome carrying when he arrives home at dinnertime in Act I? Why?

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