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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. Christina decides to drive out and asks Harry to phone Sam or Basie to have them contact Oscar. Why can Harry not accompany her?

2. What is the right hand side of the story?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is learned about Lily's breasts?

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

4. What does Lily say when she goes to see Oscar?

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

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

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

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

9. What does Jerry think about religion?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Christina is frenzied and codependent.

Part 1) Why might she be this way? What makes this behavior escalate?

Part 2) How is this similar to Oscar's personality? How does it affect their relationship? Why does it affect their relationship?

Part 3) What affect does her personality have on Harry? Why does it have this affect?

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

Oscar milks the insurance company for his accident.

Part 1) Why does he do this? Is he successful? Why or why not?

Part 2) What is the importance of money in this story? Why it is so important?

Part 3) How is Oscar milked for his own money? What is the connection between the money he gives to others and the money he hopes to receive form his insurance company and law suits?

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