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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did Blanche’s husband die from?
(a) Cancer
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) A heart attack
(d) A stroke
2. Eugene tells the audience in Act I, “If my mother knew I was writing all this down, she would” do what?
(a) Send me to a therapist
(b) Send me straight to college
(c) Ground me for a month
(d) Stuff me like one of her chickens
3. How long ago did Blanche’s husband die in Act I?
(a) 3 years ago
(b) 10 years ago
(c) 4 years ago
(d) 6 years ago
4. What baseball team does Eugene dream of playing for in Act I?
(a) The Red Sox
(b) The Blue Sox
(c) The Dodgers
(d) The Yankees
5. Laurie tells her mom in Act I that her teacher says glasses should be changed every how often?
(a) Every 5 years
(b) Every year
(c) Every 3 years
(d) Every 2 years
6. At what time of day does Act I open?
(a) 7:00 p.m.
(b) 6:30 p.m.
(c) 9:00 a.m.
(d) 6:30 a.m.
7. How many years has Nora been in dancing school in Act I?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) 3
8. What role did Zeljko Ivanek play in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) Eugene Jerome
(b) Jack Jerome
(c) Stanley Jerome
(d) Frank Murphy
9. Kate tells her sister in Act I to stop sewing because she’s been doing it since what time this morning?
(a) 8:00 a.m.
(b) 9:00 a.m.
(c) 6:30 a.m.
(d) 7:00 a.m.
10. How old is Nora Morton said to be in Act I?
(a) 15
(b) 17
(c) 18
(d) 16
11. 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 St. Louis Browns
(b) The Atlanta Braves
(c) The Boston Red Sox
(d) The Dallas Cowboys
12. Where does Kate describe her parents packing up and leaving the house to come to America in Act I?
(a) Ukraine
(b) France
(c) Germany
(d) Russia
13. What does Kate say she’s never done before in her life and “why should I start with my own family” in Act I?
(a) Voted
(b) Cooked
(c) Fought
(d) Took a stand
14. How old is Blanche Morton described as in the stage directions from Act I?
(a) 36
(b) 25
(c) 32
(d) 38
15. How many hours a day does Nora say she spends on a subway in Act I?
(a) 1 1/2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 2
Short Answer Questions
1. Who tells Nora that she can’t sing or carry a tune in Act I?
2. Eugene wishes that he’d been born into what heritage in the opening of Act I?
3. How many times does Eugene respond his mother has told him not to leave his things around the house in Act I?
4. 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”?
5. What month is it in the opening of Act I?
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