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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. Eugene claims that his grandfather died from what in Act I?
(a) Pneumonia
(b) Polio
(c) Tuberculosis
(d) Diphtheria
2. What is Kate carrying in Act I when she walks out of the kitchen and says to Eugene, “On my kitchen floor? Do you want me dead, is that what you want”?
(a) A train set
(b) A roller skate
(c) A skateboard
(d) A jump rope
3. After listing his top baseball teams he’d like to play for one day, Eugene says that if it gets down to what team then he’d consider just being a writer?
(a) The Atlanta Braves
(b) The St. Louis Browns
(c) The Dallas Cowboys
(d) The Boston Red Sox
4. What does Laurie ask for a glass of prior to dinner in Act I?
(a) Water
(b) Milk
(c) Lemonade
(d) Wine
5. Nora tells her family in Act I that the Broadway musical she wants to be in will start rehearsing when?
(a) In two months
(b) A week from Monday
(c) In three weeks
(d) A week from Thursday
Short Answer Questions
1. Eugene says he believes his father is developing what condition as a result of Blanche’s situation in Act I?
2. Who played the role of Kate in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?
3. What does Eugene’s mother tell him to get at the store as well as bread in Act I?
4. What year is described as the setting in the stage directions for Act I?
5. Eugene wishes that he’d been born into what heritage in the opening of Act I?
Short Essay Questions
1. What concerns Jack Jerome during dinner in Act I? What does the family discuss?
2. What news does Nora Morton relate to the family when she arrives home in Act I?
3. What decision does Stanley reach regarding his job in Act I? How does Eugene help him?
4. How is the character of Kate Jerome described in Brighton Beach Memoirs?
5. What conversation do Jack and Stanley have at bedtime in Act I?
6. What is the central conflict for Nora Morton in Act I of the play?
7. What is Eugene doing as the play opens in Act I? How is his neighborhood described?
8. What news does Stanley relate to Eugene in their room before dinner in Act I?
9. What information does Eugene give to the reader/audience regarding Blanche Morton in the beginning of Act I?
10. How are Stanley’s actions revealed as honorable in Act I of the play?
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