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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kate tell Eugene to place at the dinner table when she tells him to stop playing baseball in the beginning of Act I?
(a) The water glasses
(b) The plates and bowls
(c) The napkins
(d) The silverware

2. Why does Eugene say his knee hurts in the beginning of Act II?
(a) He fell down the stairs at school
(b) He was beaten up by a bully
(c) He ran for six miles
(d) He got hit with a baseball

3. Eugene tells Stanley in Act II that their father threw the newspaper at him for what reason?
(a) He brought the New York Times instead of the New York Post
(b) He didn’t bring the morning edition
(c) He brought the New York Post instead of the New York Times
(d) He didn’t bring the evening edition

4. What is Eugene’s response when his mother asks him in Act I, “What would you tell your father if he came home and I was dead on the kitchen floor?”
(a) Don’t go in the kitchen, Pa
(b) Call Stanley in there first
(c) Quick – someone call an ambulance!
(d) Oh God I’m sorry, Pa

5. How old is Laurie Morton described as in the stage directions from Act I?
(a) 13
(b) 18
(c) 20
(d) 16

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act I, Eugene says his name is the second worst name ever given to a male child. What is the “first worst” name?

2. The letter to Blanche in Act II says, “I tried to reach you earlier, then realized you had no” what?

3. What did Blanche’s husband die from?

4. When did the original production of Brighton Beach Memoirs premiere on Broadway?

5. What is Eugene’s full name in Brighton Beach Memoirs?

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