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

2. Eugene’s brother Stanley is almost how old in Brighton Beach Memoirs?
(a) 21
(b) 17
(c) 16
(d) 19

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

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

5. When arguing with her mother about leaving school to audition for Broadway in Act I, Nora says, “I’ll be making more money than” how many “girls with diplomas”?
(a) Thirty
(b) Twenty
(c) Ten
(d) Five

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kate say she’s never done before in her life and “why should I start with my own family” in Act I?

2. Eugene says he believes his father is developing what condition as a result of Blanche’s situation in Act I?

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

4. Where does Eugene say he’d be this winter if he made it into his favorite baseball team in Act I?

5. What does Nora say will be on the stage in the Broadway musical she wants to be in, in Act I?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How would you describe Eugene’s relationship with his family in Act I?

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

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

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

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

8. What is Jack Jerome carrying when he arrives home at dinnertime in Act I? Why?

9. What do Kate and Blanche discuss alone downstairs after dinner in Act I?

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

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