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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7 (through page 163).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Oscar wonder about the movie's advertisement?
(a) If the producer is worried the movie will be a flop.
(b) If "based on a true story" is not an admission of guilt.
(c) How much the advertisements cost.
(d) If the scenes that resemble his play will be cut from the advertisments.

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

3. In the next scene, Thomas intends to ignore what?
(a) His mother's cries.
(b) His desire to return home.
(c) His summons from the draft board.
(d) His fear of battle.

4. Lily's brother, Bobbie, is buying what?
(a) A yacht.
(b) A Porsche.
(c) A house.
(d) A BMW.

5. What does Oscar fear about his house?
(a) That he will not be able to afford the mortgage.
(b) That his father wants to sell it.
(c) That his sister will want it.
(d) That is will need to be torn down.

Short Answer Questions

1. What forces Thomas to go north to prevent the Union government from seizing everything?

2. What does the plaintiff do with the play?

3. How does Oscar reply when Basie interrupts to ask how Israel fits into his play?

4. When Harry calls Oscar, what advice does he give him?

5. What calls Oscar's play's first act superfluous, the last act untargeted, and the whole play void of purpose?

(see the answer key)

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