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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. 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 Boston Red Sox
(c) The Atlanta Braves
(d) The Dallas Cowboys

2. Kate tells her sister in Act I to stop sewing because she’s been doing it since what time this morning?
(a) 7:00 a.m.
(b) 9:00 a.m.
(c) 6:30 a.m.
(d) 8:00 a.m.

3. Who is the Broadway producer that Nora says came to her dance class in Act I?
(a) Mr. Bradshaw
(b) Mr. Beckman
(c) Mr. Bradley
(d) Mr. Stephens

4. What does Eugene’s mother tell him to get at the store as well as bread in Act I?
(a) Ice cream
(b) Butter
(c) Flour
(d) Salt

5. How old is Laurie Morton described as in the stage directions from Act I?
(a) 16
(b) 18
(c) 13
(d) 20

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the Jerome house described in the stage directions for Act I?

2. Nora tells her family in Act I that the Broadway musical she wants to be in will start rehearsing when?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What news does Stanley relate to Eugene in their room before dinner in Act I?

2. What conversation do Jack and Stanley have at bedtime in Act I?

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

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

5. What is Eugene doing as the play opens in Act I? How is his neighborhood described?

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

7. Discuss the narrative style of Brighton Beach Memoirs. What purpose does the use of direct address serve in the play?

8. What are Eugene’s principle concerns in Act I? How does his character evolve in the narrative?

9. How does the historical context of the play relate to its themes?

10. How does Eugene describe his cousin Laurie Morton in Act I?

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