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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. Where is the medal from that Stanley earned for the hundred-yard dash two years ago?
(a) The Volunteer Fire Department Athletic League
(b) The Coney Island Athletic League
(c) The Police Athletic League
(d) The New Jersey Athletic League

2. What brand of cigarettes does Stanley say he smokes in Act II?
(a) Parliaments
(b) Marlboros
(c) Camels
(d) Lucky Strikes

3. What does Kate offer to cook for Blanche after they’ve made up at the end of Act II?
(a) Scrambled eggs
(b) Onion pirogues
(c) Chicken soup
(d) Egg rolls

4. Of what does Jack tell Kate he was “born with enough… If I need more, I’ll ask you” in Act II?
(a) Guilt
(b) Money
(c) Time
(d) Patience

5. Whose brother-in-law is filling in for Jack Jerome while he’s out of work sick in the beginning of Act II?
(a) Mr. Jacobson’s
(b) Mr. Murphy’s
(c) Mr. Anderson’s
(d) Mr. Smith’s

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Blanche ask to keep the girls at the Jerome house while she looks for work in Act II?

2. Where does Eugene say his father passed out when he suffered a physical ailment in Act II?

3. What kind of ice cream does Laurie say she wants for dessert in Act II?

4. Where is Blanche going to dinner for her date in Act II?

5. Jack says to Blanche when she and Kate are fighting in Act II, “Tell her what it’s like to live in a house that isn’t yours. To have to depend on somebody else to put food on your plate every night. I know what it’s like because I lived that way until I was” how old?

Short Essay Questions

1. How much time passes between the end of Act I and the opening of Act II? How has the household changed?

2. How is Blanche’s appearance described when she enters in Act II? What causes tension in this scene regarding Stanley’s income?

3. How does the conflict between Kate and Blanche become resolved in Act II?

4. How is the relationship between Eugene and Laurie illustrated in the play?

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

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

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

8. How does the relationship between Blanche and Kate evolve through the narrative?

9. What causes the initial conflict between Kate and Blanche in Act II?

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

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