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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. Eugene tells his brother in Act II, “Pop isn’t going to die. He ate” what “tonight”?
(a) Two bowls of ice cream
(b) Three lamb chops
(c) Two roast beef sandwiches
(d) Salad and soup

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

3. Eugene asks the audience in Act II, “How am I going to become a writer if I don’t know how to” what?
(a) Suffer
(b) Come up with ideas
(c) Perceive weakness
(d) Write dialogue

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

5. On what day of the week does Act II open?
(a) Saturday
(b) Wednesday
(c) Tuesday
(d) Sunday

Short Answer Questions

1. What flavor ice cream does Jack tell Eugene to get for his mother in Act II?

2. How many days ago does Eugene say his father suffered the physical ailment in the opening of Act II?

3. The letter that Blanche receives in Act II says that despite all of Frank’s faults, what “have never been his failings”?

4. How much money’s worth of stamps does Eugene offer to Stanley in Act II?

5. Before he leaves in Act II, Stanley tells Eugene, “If you ever write a story about me, call me” what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Stanley decide to leave home in Act II? What does he ask Eugene for before he goes?

8. What do Jack and Stanley discuss after Stanley’s return home in Act II?

9. Where was Brighton Beach Memoirs first produced? When did it premiere on Broadway?

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

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