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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Brighton Beach is located in what borough of New York City?
(a) Staten Island
(b) Queens
(c) Manhattan
(d) Brooklyn

2. How old is Eugene Jerome in Act I?
(a) Almost 13
(b) Almost 14
(c) Almost 15
(d) Almost 16

3. 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

4. What color baseball cap is Eugene wearing in the opening of Act I?
(a) Yellow
(b) Blue
(c) Red
(d) Green

5. Who tells Nora that she can’t sing or carry a tune in Act I?
(a) Kate Jerome
(b) Eugene Jerome
(c) Laurie Morton
(d) Blanche Morton

Short Answer Questions

1. Eugene tells the audience in Act I that he’s left instructions for his memoirs to not be opened until how many years after his death?

2. What month is it in the opening of Act I?

3. What is Kate carrying in Act I when she walks out of the kitchen and says to Eugene, “On my kitchen floor? Do you want me dead, is that what you want”?

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

5. What wars is Laurie reading about in the opening of Act I?

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