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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Quick – someone call an ambulance!
(b) Don’t go in the kitchen, Pa
(c) Oh God I’m sorry, Pa
(d) Call Stanley in there first

3. How long does Kate say she’s lived in this house in Act I?
(a) 5 years
(b) 10 years
(c) 3 years
(d) 7 years

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

5. What does Kate tell Laurie to set out for the dinner table in Act I?
(a) Napkins
(b) Glasses
(c) Bowls
(d) Plates

Short Answer Questions

1. What month is it in the opening of Act I?

2. How old is Eugene Jerome in Act I?

3. What batter walks in Eugene’s imaginary baseball game in the opening of Act I?

4. Eugene says in Act I that one day he’s going to be a writer like whom?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information is given to the reader/audience from Eugene in the beginning of Act I?

2. What dream does Eugene describe to Stanley in Act I? What is Stanley’s response?

3. What is the central conflict for Nora Morton in Act I of the play?

4. How does Blanche Morton respond to the news that Nora Morton relates to the family before dinner in Act I?

5. How is the Jerome house described in the stage directions for Act I? What comprises the first floor of the house?

6. What decision does Stanley reach regarding his job in Act I? How does Eugene help him?

7. What concerns Jack Jerome during dinner in Act I? What does the family discuss?

8. What news does Nora Morton relate to the family when she arrives home in Act I?

9. How is the setting of Brighton Beach Memoirs described in the opening stage directions for Act I? What year is the play set in?

10. What is Eugene Jerome’s role in the play? How does his character stand out in Brighton Beach Memoirs?

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