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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. Where does Eugene say his father passed out when he suffered a physical ailment in Act II?
(a) At the office
(b) On the subway
(c) While driving
(d) At the dry cleaners’

2. What kind of ice cream does Laurie say she wants for dessert in Act II?
(a) Cherry vanilla
(b) Chocolate
(c) Butter pecan
(d) Maple walnut

3. Eugene says he guesses his mom is upset because she and Jack can’t go to the affair where in Act II?
(a) The Avery Theater
(b) The Metropolitan Museum of Art
(c) The Commodore Hotel
(d) Carnegie Hall

4. Jack tells Kate in Act II, “I’m not going to leave you. I promise. If I didn’t leave you for another woman, I’m certainly not going to” what?
(a) Leave you for another family
(b) Go to the hospital to leave you
(c) Leave you for another man
(d) Drop dead just to leave you

5. How much money’s worth of stamps does Eugene offer to Stanley in Act II?
(a) 34 cents’ worth
(b) 22 cents’ worth
(c) 8 cents’ worth
(d) 10 cents’ worth

Short Answer Questions

1. Laurie first says that her mother looks like what movie star when she descends the stairs for her date in Act II?

2. Where does Blanche say she knows a woman she can stay with while she looks for work in Act II?

3. Kate tells Jack in Act II, “My family were worriers. Worriers generally marry” what?

4. How long has the doctor told Jack Jerome to stay home and rest in the beginning of Act II?

5. How much money does Stanley say he lost in November and claimed he had a hole in his pocket?

Short Essay Questions

1. What gift does Stanley give to Eugene in Act II? What is Eugene’s response?

2. How much time passes between the end of Act I and the opening of Act II? How has the household changed?

3. Who has sent the letter with Laurie in Act II? What news does the letter relate?

4. How does the conflict between Kate and Blanche become resolved in Act II?

5. How is Blanche’s appearance described when she enters in Act II? What causes tension in this scene regarding Stanley’s income?

6. What have been perceived as the weaknesses of the narrator in Brighton Beach Memoirs?

7. Why does Stanley decide to leave home in Act II? What does he ask Eugene for before he goes?

8. What other plays are connected in the trilogy that includes Brighton Beach Memoirs?

9. Why do Jack and Kate Jerome argue in the beginning of Act II?

10. How does the relationship between Blanche and Kate evolve through the narrative?

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