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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does Kate give to Eugene to buy ice cream with in Act II?
(a) $4
(b) $1
(c) $2
(d) $3

2. In what area of the stage is the entrance to the Jerome house in the stage directions for Act I?
(a) Stage Right
(b) Downstage
(c) Stage Left
(d) Upstage

3. What role did actor Peter Michael Goetz play in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) Frank Murphy
(b) Jack Jerome
(c) Eugene Jerome
(d) Stanley Jerome

4. When Eugene’s mother tells him to stop throwing the baseball against the wall in the opening of Act I, he tells her this game is for what?
(a) The Heisman Trophy
(b) The Super Bowl
(c) The World Series
(d) The Major Leagues

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Blanche Morton described as in the stage directions from Act I?

2. How many big musical numbers are in the Broadway musical that Nora hopes to be in?

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

4. Who responds to say they’re excited for her when Nora asks in Act I, “My God, isn’t anybody excited?”

5. When arguing with her mother about leaving school to audition for Broadway in Act I, Nora says, “I’ll be making more money than” how many “girls with diplomas”?

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