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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 Lily tell Oscar that her Daddy and Rev. Billy Joe are blaming her for?
(a) Allowing Billie to buy a car.
(b) Bringing a lawyer down to help Daddy collect the insurance money.
(c) Giving Billie alcohol before wrecking his new car.
(d) Not stopping Billie from driving home.

2. What news from Harry does Christina give to Oscar?
(a) Basie is the best lawyer Harry could find, and he is sorry.
(b) Basie has attended law school but never graduated.
(c) Basie is his best friend and can be trusted.
(d) Basie is a fraud who never attended law school, lied on his bar exam, and faces revocation of his license and jail.

3. What does Kiester do regarding Oscar's script when undertaking a Civil War epic?
(a) Kept a copy of the play for himself.
(b) Remembers all the details from reading the play many years ago.
(c) Denies any recollection.
(d) Says he remembers reading it.

4. When Oscar fetches wine, how does Christina annoy him?
(a) When she demands he be careful with the bottle.
(b) When she tells him he should not have any wine.
(c) When she demands the first glass.
(d) When she does not want a glass of wine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bone describe Erebus?

2. While the plaintiff's play script is indisputably protected, what would not constitute copyright infringement?

3. Why is Deedee out $80,000?

4. What does Lily tell Oscar have been dashed?

5. Why is Oscar upset by this news?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the only thing the papers have gotten right?

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

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

4. Why does Oscar want Christina to see the television?

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

6. What is learned about Lily's breasts?

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

8. What does Oscar learn about Basie?

9. In what ways is the lower court correct? In what ways is Oscar correct?

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

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