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

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) Haskell Fleischmann
(b) Everly Williams
(c) Peter Gnarley
(d) Chaim Potok

3. Eugene tells the audience in Act I that he’s committed a mortal sin by doing what?
(a) Stealing from a priest
(b) Lusting after his cousin
(c) Lusting after his mother
(d) Committing adultery

4. What was Blanche’s husband’s name?
(a) Francis Morton
(b) John Morton
(c) Peter Morton
(d) Dave Morton

5. What are the names of Kate’s brothers whom she says drove her mother crazy as they were growing up in Act I?
(a) George and Sandy
(b) Ben and Ezra
(c) Mel and Stanley
(d) James and Peter

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the Jerome house described in the stage directions for Act I?

2. What wars is Laurie reading about in the opening of Act I?

3. What role did Zeljko Ivanek play in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?

4. What does Kate tell Eugene to place at the dinner table when she tells him to stop playing baseball in the beginning of Act I?

5. How old is Blanche Morton described as in the stage directions from Act I?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Eugene doing as the play opens in Act I? How is his neighborhood described?

2. What are Eugene’s principle concerns in Act I? How does his character evolve in the narrative?

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

8. What is Jack Jerome carrying when he arrives home at dinnertime in Act I? Why?

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

10. What dream does Eugene describe to Stanley in Act I? What is Stanley’s response?

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