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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role did Zeljko Ivanek play in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) Stanley Jerome
(b) Eugene Jerome
(c) Frank Murphy
(d) Jack Jerome

2. After listing his top baseball teams he’d like to play for one day, Eugene says that if it gets down to what team then he’d consider just being a writer?
(a) The Dallas Cowboys
(b) The Boston Red Sox
(c) The St. Louis Browns
(d) The Atlanta Braves

3. How many hours a day does Nora say she spends on a subway in Act I?
(a) 4
(b) 2
(c) 1 1/2
(d) 3

4. What does Eugene’s mother tell him to get at the store as well as bread in Act I?
(a) Flour
(b) Salt
(c) Butter
(d) Ice cream

5. What is Blanche Morton doing when the curtain rises for Act I?
(a) Cleaning
(b) Doing dishes
(c) Sewing
(d) Cooking

Short Answer Questions

1. What role did actor Peter Michael Goetz play in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?

2. What does Nora say will be on the stage in the Broadway musical she wants to be in, in Act I?

3. What are the names of Kate’s brothers whom she says drove her mother crazy as they were growing up in Act I?

4. When Eugene mimes a ballgame in the opening of Act I, what name does he call the pitcher?

5. How is the Jerome house described in the stage directions for Act I?

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