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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 does Blanche ask to keep the girls at the Jerome house while she looks for work in Act II?
(a) Another year
(b) A couple of days
(c) A few weeks
(d) Two months

2. Where was Stanley gambling when he lost his salary in Act II?
(a) Ernest’s Café
(b) Florsheim Shoes
(c) The Brooklyn Fire Station
(d) Williamson and Sons Drywall

3. Where does the letter say Frank is moving after he gets out of his current difficulties in Act II?
(a) Upstate New York
(b) Western Kentucky
(c) New Jersey
(d) Upper Peninsula, Michigan

4. Stanley says in Act II that when he claimed to have lost money in November, he actually did what with it?
(a) Used it to take a trip to New Jersey
(b) Paid for a prostitute
(c) Lost it gambling
(d) Paid for a car payment

5. Laurie first says that her mother looks like what movie star when she descends the stairs for her date in Act II?
(a) Rosalind Russell
(b) Betty Grable
(c) Katharine Hepburn
(d) Irene Dunne

Short Answer Questions

1. Kate tells Blanche she’ll find out for her how much whose house rents for in Act II?

2. What does Kate tell Stanley to tell his father about the missing money in Act II?

3. How many “terrific lies” does Eugene tell Stanley he came up with for him to explain the missing money in Act II?

4. Of whom does Jack say in Act II, “That child is pampered too much”?

5. Eugene says he guesses his mom is upset because she and Jack can’t go to the affair where in Act II?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did critics respond to the original production of Brighton Beach Memoirs? How does the play fit in with Neil Simon’s body of works?

2. What has Neil Simon noted in terms of his relationship to Brighton Beach Memoirs and its autobiographical elements?

3. What gift does Stanley give to Eugene in Act II? What is Eugene’s response?

4. What news does Jack Jerome receive via a letter in the mail in Act II?

5. What other plays are connected in the trilogy that includes Brighton Beach Memoirs?

6. How does Eugene respond to Stanley’s departure in Act II? Who does he go to talk to about the situation?

7. When does Stanley return home in Act II? Why does he decide to return?

8. How would you describe the character of Jack Jerome in Brighton Beach Memoirs?

9. How does the Jewish heritage of the Jerome/Morton family play into the metaphorical interpretation of the play?

10. How does the conflict escalate between Kate and Blanche in Act II?

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