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

2. When Oscar fetches wine, how does Christina annoy him?

3. What does Bone do with the play besides summarizing the plot of the play and observing classical sources have been used?

4. Why does the clerk balk at destroying them?

5. What does Christina insist about the movie's hero?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Harry dies.

Part 1) How does Harry die? Is his death foreshadowed? Explain.

Part 2) How does his death affect the other characters? Why does it affect them this way?

Part 3) What is the purpose of Harry's death? Why would the author have him die?

Part 4) Compare and contrast aspects of Harry's life and death to that of Judge Crease's.

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Lily snaps.

Part 1) What stress does Lily have in her life? Why does she snap?

Part 2) How do others deal with her at this point? Why? What is the connection with her snapping to what is going on in the story?

Part 3) What does this reveal about Lily's personality? What are your thoughts and opinion of Lily? Explain.

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