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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 Blanche going to dinner for her date in Act II?
(a) Anderson’s Restaurant
(b) Jean George’s Restaurant
(c) Chardov’s Restaurant
(d) The Four Seasons

2. Who is the movie star that Kate says Blanche looks like when Blanche descends for her date in Act II?
(a) Marilyn Monroe
(b) Irene Dunne
(c) Clara Bow
(d) Betty Grable

3. 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?
(a) Eighteen years old
(b) Thirty-one years old
(c) Twenty-one years old
(d) Twenty-three years old

4. 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. Anderson’s
(b) Mr. Murphy’s
(c) Mr. Smith’s
(d) Mr. Jacobson’s

5. Jack tells Kate in Act II, “I’m not going to leave you. I promise. If I didn’t leave you for another woman, I’m certainly not going to” what?
(a) Leave you for another family
(b) Drop dead just to leave you
(c) Go to the hospital to leave you
(d) Leave you for another man

Short Answer Questions

1. At about what time does Act II open?

2. Stanley has been fired from his job for doing what?

3. Kate tells Jack in Act II, “My family were worriers. Worriers generally marry” what?

4. What is Kate carrying down the stairs in the opening of Act II?

5. How old does Blanche say her husband was when he died in Act II?

Short Essay Questions

1. How effective was Neil Simon in integrating drama and comedy in his writing of Brighton Beach Memoirs?

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

3. What do Blanche and Nora discuss when Nora arrives home in Act II?

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

5. Why do Jack and Kate Jerome argue in the beginning of Act II?

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

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

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

9. How does Kate respond when Stanley confesses the truth about his salary in Act II?

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

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