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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. What do most of Oscar's charges represent?

2. What does J. Harret Ruth share with Senator Orney Bilk?

3. Why is Oscar upset about the obituary?

4. What does Lily tell Oscar have been dashed?

5. What is the final amount of the film apportioned to Oscar?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Jerry think about religion?

9. What does Oscar learn about Basie?

10. What are Oscar's plans for his play?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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