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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the final amount of the film apportioned to Oscar?
(a) .25% of the gross receipts to costs or $200,000.
(b) 250% of the gross receipts to costs or $200,000.
(c) 2.5% of the gross receipts to costs or $200,000.
(d) 25% of the gross receipts to costs or $200,000.

2. What does the obituary say?
(a) The Judge demanded an immediate and large funeral.
(b) The Judge demanded immediate cremation and no ceremonies.
(c) The Judege demaned to be put on display for all to see.
(d) The Judge demanded a small family funeral.

3. What does Bone do with the play besides summarizing the plot of the play and observing classical sources have been used?
(a) He vaguely describes the main characters.
(b) Analyzing the first two acts scene-by-scene.
(c) He makes fun of Oscar.
(d) He only discusses the parts that are similar to the movie.

4. How much is Father's estate worth?
(a) Around $5.5 million.
(b) Around $5 million.
(c) Around $500,000.
(d) Around $55 million.

5. Why is Oscar upset by this news?
(a) He will cover his bills but will not make a profit.
(b) He will be highly taxed on this reward.
(c) He will only be able to cover his legal bills.
(d) He will not receive enough to cover his legal bills and no longer has Harry's advice.

6. In the morning, how does Christina find Oscar?
(a) Asleep on the couch.
(b) In a tuxedo.
(c) In his pajamas, as usual.
(d) Dressed in one of Father's suits and smoking for the first time in 20 years.

7. What has happened every time Christina has tried to reach Harry?
(a) He has been unavailable.
(b) He has refused to talk to her.
(c) He yells at her.
(d) He cries on the phone.

8. What will Father believe Oscar has done to Grandfather?
(a) Told a bold-faced lie about his grandfather.
(b) Honored his memory.
(c) Written a beautiful play in his memory.
(d) Exploited him and fed the flames of impeachment.

9. Why does Oscar insist Christina come see the television?
(a) Spot the dog is being interviewed on the nightly news.
(b) There are many funny commercials to watch.
(c) His father is speaking to the camera.
(d) There's a mob carrying placards that say, "KEEP GOD IN AMERICA, MURDERER."

10. Why is Oscar upset about the obituary?
(a) It is too long.
(b) It is too short.
(c) It is too expensive.
(d) It obscures Father's career.

11. How much is the settlement offer worth about which Christina tells Harry?
(a) Nearly $250,000.
(b) Nearly $2,000,000.
(c) Nearly $100,000.
(d) Nearly $150,000.

12. Who is the "Murderer" being burnt in effigy?
(a) Harry.
(b) Father.
(c) Mother.
(d) Grandfather.

13. Where does Oscar tell Christina that Ilse is?
(a) In Manhattan working as a maid.
(b) In Brooklyn working as a teacher.
(c) In Queens attending a workshop.
(d) In the Bronx attending to her blind sister.

14. To what does the clerk compare the death of a great man?
(a) To the burning of a library.
(b) To the death of a salesman.
(c) To a Civil War.
(d) To the destruction of an old building.

15. What does Christina say should have been an early sign Oscar would never please Father?
(a) When is first ran away from home as a child.
(b) When Father said Christina was his favorite child.
(c) When he gets in trouble with Father for stripping the bark from a birch tree to build a canoe.
(d) When he gets in trouble with Father for not keeping his room clean.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Jerry want to change the character of Kane, which would also put Broadway audiences in Oscar's hands?

3. What do witnesses confirm about the site of the drowning?

4. For what does Christina demand Sam take responsibility?

5. What does Jerry think will happen by having Bagby hungering for intelligent talk in an intellectual wasteland?

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