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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 much time passes between Acts I and II of Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) Two weeks
(b) One month
(c) Two months
(d) One week
2. How much money does Stanley say he lost in November and claimed he had a hole in his pocket?
(a) $5
(b) $10
(c) $2
(d) $20
3. Where is Blanche going to dinner for her date in Act II?
(a) Jean George’s Restaurant
(b) Chardov’s Restaurant
(c) The Four Seasons
(d) Anderson’s Restaurant
4. What is the name of the friend Blanche says she’s going to stay with in Act II?
(a) Nora
(b) Sarah
(c) Louise
(d) Emily
5. What grades are shown on Eugene’s report card in Act II?
(a) Three A’s and two B’s
(b) All A’s
(c) Four A’s and one B
(d) Four B’s and one A
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of ice cream does Laurie say she wants for dessert in Act II?
2. Eugene says of his mother in Act II, “If I told her I just lost both my hands in an accident she’d say” what?
3. What book is Laurie reading when Eugene comes to her room to talk in Act II?
4. Where does Laurie say her sister goes every night with the boy she’s been seeing in Act II?
5. Why does Blanche claim she had trouble putting on her makeup for her date 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 news does Jack Jerome receive via a letter in the mail in Act II?
3. What autobiographical elements can be seen in Brighton Beach Memoirs?
4. How does the conflict between Kate and Blanche become resolved in Act II?
5. Why does Stanley decide to leave home in Act II? What does he ask Eugene for before he goes?
6. What criticisms did Neil Simon receive for the original production of Brighton Beach Memoirs?
7. How does the conflict escalate between Kate and Blanche in Act II?
8. When does Stanley return home in Act II? Why does he decide to return?
9. How does the relationship between Blanche and Kate evolve through the narrative?
10. How much time passes between the end of Act I and the opening of Act II? How has the household changed?
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