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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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”?
(a) A jump rope
(b) A skateboard
(c) A roller skate
(d) A train set

3. 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?
(a) 20
(b) 30
(c) 10
(d) 15

4. Eugene says in Act I that he “got hit with a baseball right in the back of the skull” and had double vision for a week and still had to do what chore?
(a) Wash the dishes
(b) Take out the trash every morning
(c) Carry a block of ice home every afternoon
(d) Wash and iron his school clothes each day

5. When did the original production of Brighton Beach Memoirs premiere on Broadway?
(a) March 27, 1983
(b) June 16, 1982
(c) September 12, 1984
(d) March 13, 1985

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

7. At what time of day does Act I open?
(a) 9:00 a.m.
(b) 6:30 p.m.
(c) 6:30 a.m.
(d) 7:00 p.m.

8. Eugene tells the audience in Act I, “If my mother knew I was writing all this down, she would” do what?
(a) Send me straight to college
(b) Stuff me like one of her chickens
(c) Send me to a therapist
(d) Ground me for a month

9. In what county does Eugene say he lives in Act I?
(a) Manhattan County
(b) Queens County
(c) Kings County
(d) Brunswick County

10. Kate tells her sister in Act I, “Remember what Momma used to tell us. Stay on your own side of the street. That’s what they have” what for?
(a) Gutters
(b) Doors
(c) Sidewalks
(d) Streets

11. About how old is the character of Kate Jerome described as in the stage directions in Act I?
(a) 45
(b) 35
(c) 40
(d) 30

12. What baseball team does Eugene dream of playing for in Act I?
(a) The Red Sox
(b) The Yankees
(c) The Dodgers
(d) The Blue Sox

13. 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 Super Bowl
(b) The Major Leagues
(c) The World Series
(d) The Heisman Trophy

14. Kate tells Eugene to run across the street to what store to buy bread in Act I?
(a) Goldsmith’s
(b) Anderson’s
(c) Kroger’s
(d) Greenblatt’s

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eugene’s mother tell him to get at the store as well as bread in Act I?

2. When Eugene mimes a ballgame in the opening of Act I, what name does he call the pitcher?

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

4. What actress played the role of Nora in the original cast of Brighton Beach Memoirs?

5. What term refers to the method by which the narrator of Brighton Beach Memoirs speaks to the audience?

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