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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. About how old is the character of Kate Jerome described as in the stage directions in Act I?
2. What does Laurie ask for a glass of prior to dinner in Act I?
3. What does Kate say she’s never done before in her life and “why should I start with my own family” in Act I?
4. What ailment does Eugene say his aunt Blanche suffers from in Act I?
5. What is Kate carrying in Act I when she walks out of the kitchen and says to Eugene, “On my kitchen floor? Do you want me dead, is that what you want”?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Eugene Jerome’s role in the play? How does his character stand out in Brighton Beach Memoirs?
2. What conversation do Jack and Stanley have at bedtime in Act I?
3. What do Nora and Laurie discuss while Eugene goes to the store in Act I?
4. How is the theme of responsibility illustrated in Act I of Brighton Beach Memoirs?
5. 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?
6. How does Eugene’s character relate to the theme of responsibility in Act I?
7. What do Jack Jerome and Nora Morton discuss while walking on the beach in Act I?
8. What is Jack Jerome carrying when he arrives home at dinnertime in Act I? Why?
9. What decision does Stanley reach regarding his job in Act I? How does Eugene help him?
10. What is the central conflict for Nora Morton in Act I of the play?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Discuss the theme of coming of age in Brighton Beach Memoirs. Where is Eugene in the process of growing up in Act I? How do you foresee his character evolving in the play? How has Eugene become an adult in some ways by the end of the story?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Stanley’s decision to write a letter of apology to get his job back at the end of Act I. What does this action mean in terms of Stanley’s ethics? Would you make the same decision? Why or why not?
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