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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. How many bedrooms are described as being seen by the audience upstairs in the Jerome house in the stage directions for Act I?

3. How many times does Eugene respond his mother has told him not to leave his things around the house in Act I?

4. Eugene says in Act I that he “got hit with a baseball right in the back of the skull” and had double vision for a week and still had to do what chore?

5. Where does Kate describe her parents packing up and leaving the house to come to America in Act I?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Nora and Laurie discuss while Eugene goes to the store in Act I?

2. What decision does Stanley reach regarding his job in Act I? How does Eugene help him?

3. What comprises the second floor of the Jerome house, according to the stage directions in Act I? How is the setting related to the themes in the play?

4. How does Blanche Morton respond to the news that Nora Morton relates to the family before dinner in Act I?

5. How does Eugene’s character relate to the theme of responsibility in Act I?

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

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

8. What do Jack Jerome and Nora Morton discuss while walking on the beach in Act I?

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

10. How are Stanley’s actions revealed as honorable in Act I of the play?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the internal conflicts presented in Act I within the characters of Eugene, Stanley, Kate, Blanche, Nora, and Laurie. How do these conflicts differ from external conflicts? How do these conflicts drive the plot of the story forward?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the playwright’s allusions to Broadway in Brighton Beach Memoirs. How many musicals were produced on Broadway in 1937? What were these musicals like? What musical does Nora want to audition for?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the financial atmosphere of the Jerome household as depicted in Act I. How many jobs do each of the family members work? How easily are their expenses met? Why are finances a central point of concern in the family?

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