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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Basie explain the complaint must conform to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure?
(a) Or others may laugh at it.
(b) Or risk being dismissed.
(c) He does not want to risk not being taken seriously.
(d) It will be taken too seriously.

2. Harry hopes once Szyrk is reversed, what will happen?
(a) Szyrk will be his friend.
(b) Interest will grow.
(c) Interest will stay the same.
(d) Interest will die down.

3. What does Harry advise Oscar regarding history?
(a) It cannot be repeated.
(b) It is boring.
(c) One should not make a play about it.
(d) One cannot copyright it.

4. When Oscar admits at least one instance of two substitutes fighting and killing one another exists, how does Pai respond?
(a) He takes this as a quirk of history.
(b) He realizes the movie was inspired by Oscar's play.
(c) He sees this as proof that the movie does not copy the play.
(d) He does not believe Oscar.

5. In more responsive hands, observes the Times, the characters of the movie might have reflected what?
(a) The deeper opposing dualities of man's nature.
(b) The seriousness of war.
(c) The characters of Oscar's play.
(d) The relationships between people.

6. What does Trish gush with joy over, besides Oscar now having someone to sue so he will be set for life?
(a) Christina landing a lawyer for a husband.
(b) Oscar's hospital room.
(c) Getting invited to visit Oscar.
(d) How cute Christina's new dress is.

7. Why does Oscar include natural slavery in the play?
(a) Because he believes it.
(b) Because the Major - not he - believes in it.
(c) Because it is believed by most people.
(d) Because it is shocking.

8. Using only the newspapers of the day, what is Oscar showing?
(a) His play is worthy of being made into a film.
(b) The movie is an exact making of his play.
(c) His father will never care about him, unless he becomes famous with his play.
(d) The blossoming of greed and corruption that will create modern America.

9. About what does Oscar worry, regarding his hospital bill?
(a) How much his insurance premium will be raised.
(b) For what he has been billed.
(c) How much his insurance will cover.
(d) When he will receive it.

10. What does Pai say about Oscar seeking substantial monetary damages?
(a) He deserves every penny he can get, because the movie is surely based on his play.
(b) He is seeking them for a work he claims to have created not primarily for monetary gain.
(c) He will not be awarded much money, since the movie was a failure and a flop.
(d) He is being greedy and wanting what is not his.

11. What does Pai say separates Oscar from Shakespeare?
(a) The average person, too, has access to such materials; and the way he and Shakespeare execute the ideas is what separates them.
(b) Talent.
(c) Shakespeare wrote in a time when there were no copyright laws.
(d) Many centuries.

12. After a lunch break accommodating Oscar's nap, Pai apologizes to Oscar for what?
(a) Any appearance of disrespect.
(b) Not formally introducing himself.
(c) Asking him so many questions.
(d) Yelling at him.

13. What forces Thomas to go north to prevent the Union government from seizing everything?
(a) His uncle's death.
(b) His mother's death.
(c) His dying sister.
(d) His ill wife.

14. What does Lily advise Oscar about the play?
(a) Send it to a director and have it made into a movie.
(b) Burn it.
(c) Have someone read it who can understand it.
(d) Produce a production of it on Broadway.

15. Why is Christina worried about Szyrk?
(a) Szyrk wants to buy the family home.
(b) Szyrk is trying to sue the family.
(c) Szyrk may publicize family madness.
(d) Szyrk is stalking her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bagby says the miners fear a drop in wages if the President does what?

2. How does Christina respond when Harry cites the 1983 Carson v. Here's Johnny Portable Toilets?

3. What does Bunker say is Trish's duty?

4. What does Lily declare about Oscar's play so far?

5. What does Basie try to show Oscar about artists?

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