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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. How long ago does Eugene say Nora “started developing” in Act I?
(a) 2 years ago
(b) 8 months ago
(c) 6 weeks ago
(d) 1 year ago

2. In Act I, Eugene says his name is the second worst name ever given to a male child. What is the “first worst” name?
(a) Chaim Potok
(b) Everly Williams
(c) Peter Gnarley
(d) Haskell Fleischmann

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

4. How many unseen bedrooms are described upstairs in the Jerome household in the stage directions for Act I?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 5
(d) 4

5. Who responds to say they’re excited for her when Nora asks in Act I, “My God, isn’t anybody excited?”
(a) Kate Jerome
(b) Jack Jerome
(c) Eugene Jerome
(d) Stanley Jerome

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kate’s response when Blanche tells her in Act I, “I’m going to pay you and Jack back someday. I don’t know when, but I keep my word”?

2. How old is Laurie Morton described as in the stage directions from Act I?

3. What color baseball cap is Eugene wearing in the opening of Act I?

4. How long ago did Blanche’s husband die in Act I?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Nora and Laurie discuss while Eugene goes to the store in Act I?

2. How is the setting of Brighton Beach Memoirs described in the opening stage directions for Act I? What year is the play set in?

3. What information is given to the reader/audience from Eugene in the beginning of Act I?

4. What news does Stanley relate to Eugene in their room before dinner in Act I?

5. What is the central conflict for Nora Morton in Act I of the play?

6. 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?

7. How is the character of Kate Jerome described in Brighton Beach Memoirs?

8. How is the theme of responsibility illustrated in Act I of Brighton Beach Memoirs?

9. How does the historical context of the play relate to its themes?

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

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