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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. The letter to Blanche in Act II says, “I tried to reach you earlier, then realized you had no” what?
(a) Phone
(b) Computer
(c) Mail delivery
(d) Doorbell

2. To what store does Jack tell Eugene to go for ice cream in Act II?
(a) Piggly Wiggly
(b) Kroger’s
(c) Greenblatt’s
(d) Hanson’s

3. Blanche asks Kate in Act II if she remembers how their mother cried when who left home?
(a) Sarah
(b) Celia
(c) Audrey
(d) Elizabeth

4. Jack Jerome’s second job was selling what before the company shut down?
(a) Dishwashers
(b) Cars
(c) Vacuum cleaners
(d) Party favors

5. Where is the medal from that Stanley earned for the hundred-yard dash two years ago?
(a) The Volunteer Fire Department Athletic League
(b) The Coney Island Athletic League
(c) The New Jersey Athletic League
(d) The Police Athletic League

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was Stanley gambling before he’d lost his whole salary in Act II?

2. How much money does Stanley give to his father that he earned setting pins at the bowling alley the night before at the end of Act II?

3. How much money does Kate give to Eugene to buy ice cream with in Act II?

4. Of whom does Jack say in Act II, “That child is pampered too much”?

5. Stanley makes Eugene promise him that he’ll do what in the future in Act II?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Jack and Stanley discuss after Stanley’s return home in Act II?

3. How does Eugene respond to Stanley’s departure in Act II? Who does he go to talk to about the situation?

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

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

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

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

8. How did critics respond to the original production of Brighton Beach Memoirs? How does the play fit in with Neil Simon’s body of works?

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

10. What news does Stanley relate to Eugene in their room in the beginning of Act II?

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