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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 15 (through page 430).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Basie says a newspaper report has raised hopes in Oscar's case, provided what?
(a) Oscar trusts him.
(b) Oscar can find Kiester's rejection letter.
(c) Oscar pays him a large sum before the hearings begin.
(d) Oscar files suit.

2. Without insurance, what can Lily not do?
(a) Buy a new car.
(b) Go to the dentist.
(c) Have her eyes examined.
(d) See a doctor.

3. A copy of District Judge Crease's Instructions to the Jury in the case of Fickert v. Ude arrives in the mail. What are jurors told to do?
(a) Use their emotions to decide what is right.
(b) Compare the case to their own lives.
(c) Look for editing mistakes.
(d) Sift through evidence and conflicting testimony for facts.

4. Oscar recalls sending the script to whom?
(a) Some television director whose name he cannot recall.
(b) A friend's agent.
(c) A Broadway producer.
(d) His mother and father.

5. Why does Oscar fail to notice Lily's new hairdo?
(a) She is standing behind him.
(b) He is engrossed in a cartoon.
(c) Her hairdo is not very different.
(d) He is asleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What concerns Lily about the house, if Oscar does not care for it?

2. Oscar seats a guest, Harold Basie, in Grandfather's chair and asks him to do what?

3. In the play's prologue, Mother asks about what, regarding Thomas?

4. Oscar agrees the title evokes the death scene at the end of what Shakespeare play?

5. When Christina announces someone is taking pictures on the lawn, what does Oscar demand?

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