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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 old is Laurie Morton described as in the stage directions from Act I?
(a) 20
(b) 13
(c) 18
(d) 16
2. What kind of bread does Eugene’s mother tell him to get at the store in Act I?
(a) French bread
(b) Wheat bread
(c) Rye bread
(d) White bread
3. 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) Fought
(c) Voted
(d) Took a stand
4. When Eugene’s mother tells him to stop throwing the baseball against the wall in the opening of Act I, he tells her this game is for what?
(a) The Super Bowl
(b) The World Series
(c) The Heisman Trophy
(d) The Major Leagues
5. 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) Streets
(b) Gutters
(c) Sidewalks
(d) Doors
Short Answer Questions
1. Kate tells her sister in Act I to stop sewing because she’s been doing it since what time this morning?
2. How many times does Eugene respond his mother has told him not to leave his things around the house in Act I?
3. At what time does Nora say she must be at the theater to audition for the Broadway musical in Act I?
4. The Jerome house is described in the stage directions for Act I as being in “a lower middle income area inhabited mostly by” what groups?
5. Eugene says in Act I that he “got hit with a baseball right in the back of the skull” and had double vision for a week and still had to do what chore?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Eugene Jerome’s role in the play? How does his character stand out in Brighton Beach Memoirs?
2. What information is given to the reader/audience from Eugene in the beginning of Act I?
3. How does Eugene describe his cousin Laurie Morton in Act I?
4. What is the central conflict for Nora Morton in Act I of the play?
5. What news does Nora Morton relate to the family when she arrives home in Act I?
6. What do Nora and Laurie discuss while Eugene goes to the store in Act I?
7. What is Jack Jerome carrying when he arrives home at dinnertime in Act I? Why?
8. How is the setting of Brighton Beach Memoirs described in the opening stage directions for Act I? What year is the play set in?
9. 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?
10. What do Jack Jerome and Nora Morton discuss while walking on the beach in Act I?
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