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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. What does Bone do next, in equal detail?
(a) Point out why the play is so brilliant.
(b) Describe how different the movie is.
(c) Describe the movie.
(d) Describe the similarities between the play and the movie.

2. What does Christina say when Oscar says he needs a secretary?
(a) She dismisses his plans to hire a secretary, suggesting he needs only a wastebasket and a housekeeper.
(b) She calls Lily to see if she could help Oscar.
(c) She sends her personal secretary to help Oscar.
(d) She hires Ilse as his secretary.

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

4. How does Oscar respond when Christina mocks him about finding a producer?
(a) His play is worthless.
(b) A broadway producer will enjoy his play.
(c) Kiester will produce it.
(d) Nipples is in New York.

5. Why has Harry long been estranged from his father?
(a) Because of his unprofitable interest in theology and poetry.
(b) They argued over a decade ago and refused to apologize.
(c) His father never made enough money.
(d) He does not like his father's career choice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Oscar fail to notice Lily's new hairdo?

2. Of what is Christina afraid when Oscar reads he has lost the suit?

3. The medical reports verify drowning as the proximate cause of death, so what are the jurors supposed to do?

4. How does Bone describe Erebus?

5. What does the district judge think about Oscar's case?

Short Essay Questions

1. What might happen regarding the legal bills brought about from Oscars suit? Why is this?

2. What are the connections between the play and the movie?

3. What does Oscar plan to do with his play?

4. What is learned about Lily's breasts?

5. What does Jerry think about Oscar's characters, Kane and Bagby?

6. How are Harry and Oscar's situations with their fathers similar?

7. Why is Lily's father unable to collect his son's insurance money?

8. What does Oscar do when he is served a subpoena? What does Christina think about this?

9. Why do Christina and Lily find Oscar staring blankly in the library?

10. How does Father uses religion in a court case?

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