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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does the official transcript of Oscar's deposition open?
(a) Jawaharlal Mahdar Pai and Oscar are arguing in the hallway.
(b) Basie and Oscar and disagreeing on how to go about fighting Jawaharlal Mahdar Pai.
(c) Basie and Jawaharlal Mahdar Pai, counsel for the defendants, sparring over expediting matters.
(d) Basie and Jawaharlal Mahdar Pai, counsel for the defendant, are in a minor disagreement.

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

3. 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.

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

5. When Christina announces someone is taking pictures on the lawn, what does Oscar demand?
(a) She call the police.
(b) The cameras of the photographers.
(c) They go out and enjoy the free photography.
(d) She drive them away.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In a complaint filed with U.S. District Court, SD, New York, September 30, 1990, Oscar L. Crease, Plaintiff vs. Erebus Entertainment, Inc., Ben B. F. Leva, Constantine Kiester a/k/a Jonathan Livingston (Siegal), and others, Defendants, alleges on or about July 1, 1977, plaintiff submits an original play entitled "Once at Antietam" to Kiester, then a television producer; Kiester returns said play with a note, saying what?

3. Oscar maintains "when the idea is used in the context of the expression, combined with the expression, then the idea becomes part of the abuse I'm referring to," but denies what?

4. The phone rings, and Trish leaves a rambling, disjointed message. What does she fear?

5. How do Harry and Christina find Oscar trapped?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Mother refuses to leave her broken-down farmhouse, what is the reasoning she gives to Thomas?

2. How does Oscar become even more convinced the movie is based on his play? Of what does Harry warn him?

3. What does Oscar think of Basie? Why does he keep him around?

4. How does Basie explain why members of Oscar's family are left out of the suit and the language is repetitious?

5. Why has Pai been having this discussion with Oscar? What does he want to know?

6. How does Oscar explain Israel's purpose in the play?

7. How and why does Basie interrupt the reading of the script?

8. How does Kevin know about Oscar's scar, according to Lily?

9. What takes place in Scene 2 of Oscar's play?

10. Why does Oscar want invasion of privacy added to his complaint? Why does he want to add this?

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