Bringing the 1930s to Life in Brighton Beach Memoirs

Which prop would be most appropriate on the set of Brighton Beach Memoirs to indicate that the play takes place in 1937?

• a wood-burning stove

• a black-and-white photograph of the New York Yankees

• a color television

Which detail from Brighton Beach Memoirs provides historical context?

• The playwright includes the names of 1930s baseball players.

• The playwright includes foods and beverages popular in the 1930s.

• The playwright includes music and movies popular in the 1930s.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Which excerpt from Brighton Beach Memoirs is an example of dialogue?

• LAURIE Mom, can I have a glass of lemonade?

  BLANCHE It’ll spoil your dinner, darling.

• On an imaginary pitcher’s mound, facing left, he looks back over his shoulder to an imaginary runner on second.

• EUGENE (Slams the ball into his glove angrily. Then he cups his hands, making a megaphone out of it and announces to the grandstands)

In Brighton Beach Memoirs, how is the historical context of 1937 best conveyed through the character of Eugene Jerome?

• Eugene is smart and funny. He has many humorous lines he speaks to the audience. This expresses the humor of the 1930s.

• Eugene is fascinated with baseball and the New York Yankees. Baseball was very popular with Americans in the 1930s.

A person who performs a role in a play is called an

• stage direction

• actor

• performance

• playwright

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

The part of the play script that tells actors how to move or speak their lines is called the...

• stage directions

• scene

• setting

• stage

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CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

What are props?

• Actors in play

• The action in a play

• Objects used by actors in a play

• Directions that tell the actors what to do or how to speak

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

A ____ is a story or play that is acted out using characters in situations that imitate real life.

• Biography

• Drama

• Director

• Conflict

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CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

A ____ is the physical objects that make up the setting of the play.

• Set

• Scene

• Stage

• Actor

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

When characters have a conversation with each other in a play it is called ________.

• dialogue
• stage directions
• talking
• conversing

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CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.10