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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 has the doctor told Jack Jerome to stay home and rest in the beginning of Act II?
(a) Two or three weeks
(b) Six months
(c) Two or three days
(d) Two or three months

2. Eugene says of his mother in Act II, “She’s angry at the whole world. That’s why she’s making” what for dinner?
(a) Lima beans
(b) Pirogues
(c) Meatloaf
(d) Tuna fish

3. 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 car payment
(c) Paid for a prostitute
(d) Lost it gambling

4. Who does Laurie decide her mother looks like before she leaves for her date in Act II?
(a) Grace Kelly
(b) Audrey Hepburn
(c) Carole Lombard
(d) Katharine Hepburn

5. What is the name of the friend Blanche says she’s going to stay with in Act II?
(a) Sarah
(b) Nora
(c) Louise
(d) Emily

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Jack say he just paid the doctor in Act II?

2. Who gave Laurie the letter that she brings to Blanche in Act II?

3. How is Blanche’s demeanor described when she descends the stairs for her date in Act II?

4. Blanche asks Kate in Act II if she remembers how their mother cried when who left home?

5. The letter that Blanche receives in Act II relates that Frank is hospitalized for what reason?

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. What have been perceived as the weaknesses of the narrator in Brighton Beach Memoirs?

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

4. What criticisms did Neil Simon receive for the original production of Brighton Beach Memoirs?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What news does Stanley relate to Eugene in their room in the beginning of Act II?

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