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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Oscar upset by this news?

2. How does Christina feel about living with Oscar?

3. To what does the clerk compare the death of a great man?

4. What does Oscar secretly have?

5. What do most of Oscar's charges represent?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Oscar learn about Basie?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Oscar and Christina revert to childhood at the end of the novel.

Part 1) Are you surprised by this? Why or why not?

Part 2) How does this behavior reflect the personalities of these characters?

Part 3) Why does the author end the story this way? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

God has no place in law.

Part 1) Prove this statement to be true, according to the story.

Part 2) How else is religion woven throughout this story?

Part 3) What role does religion have in the decisions made by the characters? What might be the author's purpose for this?

Essay Topic 3

There is a comparison between the dialogue of plays to action in films.

Part 1) Describe dialogue in the play. Describe action in the film.

Part 2) How are dialogue and action compared? Why are they compared?

Part 3) How is this comparison revealed when Oscar sees the movie? What are his thoughts on dialogue in a play and action in a film? Why does he feel this way?

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