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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. Brighton Beach is located in what borough of New York City?
(a) Brooklyn
(b) Manhattan
(c) Queens
(d) Staten Island
2. Eugene’s brother Stanley is almost how old in Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) 16
(b) 17
(c) 21
(d) 19
3. What year is described as the setting in the stage directions for Act I?
(a) 1937
(b) 1938
(c) 1941
(d) 1939
4. What wars is Laurie reading about in the opening of Act I?
(a) The Macedonian Wars
(b) The Korean Wars
(c) The Italian Renaissance Wars
(d) The Great Wars
5. Nora tells her mother in Act I that in taking this Broadway role she could be making almost how much money per week?
(a) $200
(b) $80
(c) $100
(d) $60
Short Answer Questions
1. 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?
2. Who is the Broadway producer that Nora says came to her dance class in Act I?
3. 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”?
4. Eugene wishes that he’d been born into what heritage in the opening of Act I?
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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Eugene’s principle concerns in Act I? How does his character evolve in the narrative?
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. What dream does Eugene describe to Stanley in Act I? What is Stanley’s response?
4. How is the character of Kate Jerome described in Brighton Beach Memoirs?
5. Why does Eugene’s mother call him inside in the beginning of Act I? What does Eugene relate about his ambitions in this scene?
6. How does Blanche Morton respond to the news that Nora Morton relates to the family before dinner in Act I?
7. What information is given to the reader/audience from Eugene in the beginning of Act I?
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 do Jack Jerome and Nora Morton discuss while walking on the beach in Act I?
10. What is Eugene doing as the play opens in Act I? How is his neighborhood described?
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