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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. What physical ailment has Jack suffered prior to the opening of Act II?
(a) An epileptic seizure
(b) A brain aneurysm
(c) A heart attack
(d) A bout of pneumonia

2. What does Kate offer to cook for Blanche after they’ve made up at the end of Act II?
(a) Chicken soup
(b) Onion pirogues
(c) Scrambled eggs
(d) Egg rolls

3. Due to Jack’s health, Jack and Kate are unable to go to an affair to see who with his orchestra in Act II?
(a) Lawrence Welk
(b) Roger Waters
(c) James Taylor
(d) Glen Gray

4. The men that Stanley gambled with are described in Act II as wearing “black pointy shoes with” what “on their socks”?
(a) Daggers
(b) Cards
(c) Dice
(d) Clocks

5. Who is the movie star that Kate says Blanche looks like when Blanche descends for her date in Act II?
(a) Betty Grable
(b) Clara Bow
(c) Marilyn Monroe
(d) Irene Dunne

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Frank at fault for his hospitalization in Act II?

2. Blanche asks Kate in Act II if she remembers how their mother cried when who left home?

3. What book is Laurie reading when Eugene comes to her room to talk in Act II?

4. What kind of ice cream does Jack say he wants for dessert in Act II?

5. Who brought Jack home after he suffered from a physical ailment, according to Eugene in Act II?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Kate respond when Stanley confesses the truth about his salary in Act II?

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

4. What criticisms did Neil Simon receive for the original production of Brighton Beach Memoirs?

5. How is Brighton Beach Memoirs metaphorical for the onset of World War II?

6. What has Neil Simon noted in terms of his relationship to Brighton Beach Memoirs and its autobiographical elements?

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

8. When does Stanley return home in Act II? Why does he decide to return?

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

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

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