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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who played the role of Kate in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) Jessica Hecht
(b) Elizabeth Franz
(c) Jodi Thelon
(d) Gracie Bea Lawrence

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

3. What is Eugene’s full name in Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) Eugene Stephen Jerome
(b) Eugene Morris Jerome
(c) Eugene Williams Jerome
(d) Eugene Stanley Jerome

4. Nora tells her mother in Act I that in taking this Broadway role she could be making almost how much money per week?
(a) $100
(b) $200
(c) $80
(d) $60

5. What month is it in the opening of Act I?
(a) September
(b) June
(c) August
(d) October

6. What actor played the role of Eugene in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) Matthew Broderick
(b) Noah Robbins
(c) Santino Fontana
(d) Peter Michael Goetz

7. How many big musical numbers are in the Broadway musical that Nora hopes to be in?
(a) 8
(b) 6
(c) 2
(d) 9

8. When Eugene mimes a ballgame in the opening of Act I, what name does he call the pitcher?
(a) JoJo Moore
(b) Dickey
(c) Mel Ott
(d) Ruffing

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

10. Where does Eugene say he’d be this winter if he made it into his favorite baseball team in Act I?
(a) St. Lauderdale
(b) Dallas
(c) St. Petersburg
(d) Miami

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

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

13. What does Nora say will be on the stage in the Broadway musical she wants to be in, in Act I?
(a) A castle
(b) A large see-through net
(c) A giant ship
(d) A big water tank

14. How old is Nora Morton said to be in Act I?
(a) 16
(b) 15
(c) 18
(d) 17

15. How many times does Eugene respond his mother has told him not to leave his things around the house in Act I?
(a) 200
(b) 100
(c) 109
(d) 500

Short Answer Questions

1. At what theater does Nora say she has to go to in order to audition for the Broadway musical in Act I?

2. At what time of day does Act I open?

3. The Jerome house is described in the stage directions for Act I as being in “a lower middle income area inhabited mostly by” what groups?

4. What year is described as the setting in the stage directions for Act I?

5. About how old is the character of Kate Jerome described as in the stage directions in Act I?

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