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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Scene 2 of the play,Thomas approaches a limping Soldier wearing a worn Union uniform. Called back to active duty, the Soldier seeks to sell four months' worth of future pay for what?
(a) A drink of water.
(b) A train ticket to see his family.
(c) A week's worth of food.
(d) Three months' worth of cash for his family.

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

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

4. Why must Thomas go to Quantness?
(a) To plant cotton.
(b) To see his wife.
(c) To pay the bills.
(d) To deal with his two slaves.

5. Basie finds dialogue between Kane and Thomas about justice familiar, and Oscar says it is from what?
(a) Shakespeare's Othello.
(b) Thomas Jefferson's autobiography.
(c) Plato's Republic.
(d) Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

6. Why does Basie interrupt by admitting Oscar's lawsuit could be a landmark if they win?
(a) He wants to convince Oscar his case has a chance.
(b) He is trying to stay positive.
(c) He wants to encourage Oscar to hire him.
(d) He hopes to forestall reading the entire script.

7. Christina and Harry go to Room 612B and find Oscar upset. Over what is he upset?
(a) His physical therapy is going longer than expected.
(b) His insurance company is not covering most of his hospital bills.
(c) He has had very few visitors.
(d) News reports that Father is being burned in effigy in some riotous scene, and someone is already suing over a Civil War movie Oscar claims is his story about his grandfather.

8. Of what does Thomas accuse his mother?
(a) Not being kind enough to all the slaves.
(b) Cherishing justice and easily relinquishing the past.
(c) Cherishing injustice and refusing to relinquish the past.
(d) Being too harsh on John Israel.

9. According to Harry, why does Judge Crease give reporters the headline, "EVERY DOG ENTITLED TO ONE BITE, SAYS JUDGE?"
(a) He is a very sarcastic man.
(b) It's an effort to get himself disqualified from hearing any of the remaining cases.
(c) He is annoyed with the plaintiff.
(d) He never said this; the reporters twisted his words.

10. When does the Soldier take Thomas' $20?
(a) When Thomas is not looking.
(b) When Thomas falls asleep.
(c) When Thomas forces him to take it.
(d) When Thomas makes clear it is a free gift.

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

12. Basie remarks on the house's value. How does Oscar reply?
(a) The house is very old and large.
(b) The house is really not worth much.
(c) Privacy is valuable in an era of tract homes.
(d) The home has been in his family for generations.

13. Why does James B. file a suit?
(a) He is trying to coax his pet out and is bitten.
(b) His dog is injured in a construction accident.
(c) His pet dies in a car accident.
(d) He is bitten by a strange dog.

14. What convinces Oscar the producer of "The Blood in the Red White and Blue," Kiester, has stolen the characters and themes of his play?
(a) After talking to the director about his film.
(b) Reading the script for the movie.
(c) The Times' review of the movie.
(d) When he sees the movie.

15. Why can Lily not marry Oscar yet?
(a) She is too young.
(b) She is waiting for a messy divorce to go through.
(c) He has not proposed.
(d) She is out of the country.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Jonathan Livingston change his name to Constantine Kiester?

2. What does Christina do when Oscar hints that Harry could handle the case?

3. How does Trish receive diamonds?

4. Harry warns of the risk and cost of contesting what?

5. The defendants are enjoined to halt exhibition until when?

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