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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. 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) Thirty
(b) Ten
(c) Twenty
(d) Five

2. Eugene wishes that he’d been born into what heritage in the opening of Act I?
(a) Irish
(b) German
(c) Jewish
(d) Italian

3. At what time of day does Act I open?
(a) 9:00 a.m.
(b) 6:30 p.m.
(c) 6:30 a.m.
(d) 7:00 p.m.

4. How long have Blanche and her children lived in the Jerome household in Act I?
(a) 3 and ½ years
(b) 5 years
(c) 2 and ½ years
(d) 4 and ½ years

5. 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”?
(a) I’m not worried about you paying us back
(b) I need the money now
(c) From your lips to the Irish Sweepstakes
(d) I know you will, Blanche

Short Answer Questions

1. What ailment does Eugene say his aunt Blanche suffers from in Act I?

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

3. 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?

4. What does Nora say will be on the stage in the Broadway musical she wants to be in, in Act I?

5. Eugene says he believes his father is developing what condition as a result of Blanche’s situation in Act I?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do Jack Jerome and Nora Morton discuss while walking on the beach in Act I?

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

5. How are Stanley’s actions revealed as honorable in Act I of the play?

6. What do Kate and Blanche discuss alone downstairs after dinner in Act I?

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

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

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

10. What concerns Jack Jerome during dinner in Act I? What does the family discuss?

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