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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 are the jurors to disregard during the drowning case?
(a) How the boy drowned.
(b) The boy's name and age.
(c) Circumstantial evidence.
(d) All emotional outbursts by spectators.

2. What does Lily realize when Oscar yells for them to all come and see what is on the television?
(a) Oscar is watching another nature program.
(b) Oscar had forgotten Father had died.
(c) Oscar does not know his father has died.
(d) Oscar is watching the movie.

3. Why are the Judge's ashes in a coffee can?
(a) The funeral home ran out of urns.
(b) No one wanted to pay for an urn.
(c) Father loved to drink coffee.
(d) An urn would cost $100, which would infuriate the Judge.

4. While the plaintiff's play script is indisputably protected, what would not constitute copyright infringement?
(a) The use of general themes, motives and ideas by the defendants.
(b) Saying the movie is based on Oscar's play.
(c) Using the same characters' names.
(d) Copying the dialogue from the play for the movie.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Oscar respond when Christina mocks him about finding a producer?

2. What does Jerry explain as the left hand side of Oscar's story?

3. How does Oscar feel about Father having no time to read his play?

4. What does Bone do next, in equal detail?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What connection is made between Lily and the law clerk?

5. How does Christina react when a real estate woman shows up at the house?

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

7. What are Lily, Harry, and Oscar watching?

8. What does Jerry think about religion?

9. What does Christina do about Oscar's legal bills? Why does she do this?

10. What does Oscar learn about Basie?

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