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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the profession of Burton, a friend of Larry and Anna's during the play?
(a) Dancer.
(b) Writer.
(c) Advertising executive.
(d) Engineer.

2. What did Pale threaten the other driver that he would do if the other driver didn't back off?
(a) Hit him.
(b) Sleep in his car.
(c) Call the cops.
(d) Shoot him.

3. Anna will be traveling to another company to teach ______________ dance, and she is leaving the next day.
(a) Dominic's.
(b) Burton's.
(c) Charlie's.
(d) Robbie's.

4. What is the "real" name of Pale that he reveals to Anna though few people actually call him this?
(a) Ronnie.
(b) Josh.
(c) Jimmy.
(d) Terrence.

5. Out of Robbie's entire family, no one has seen Robbie _________________ - his true passion.
(a) Sing.
(b) Act.
(c) Dance.
(d) Write.

6. Burton's work discusses how the wives experience waiting on the ___________ walks.
(a) Widow's.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Coal fire.
(d) Water's.

7. What does Larry quote when he walks into the room to see Pale talking with Anna in the loft apartment?
(a) Gone with the Wind.
(b) Othello.
(c) Burn This.
(d) Lust in the Dust.

8. Anna taunts Pale that the vodka is not _____________, which he would know from his expertise in food and drink.
(a) DIRT.
(b) VSOP.
(c) SLOP.
(d) Rancid.

9. Pale admits that he might have done some __________ earlier in the evening when Anna asks.
(a) Meth.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Acid.
(d) Cocaine.

10. What does the Flying Dutchman's love do which breaks the curse imposed upon him?
(a) Kills herself.
(b) Jumps into the sea.
(c) Comes on the ship with him.
(d) Hangs herself.

11. Burton remarks about how fickle the _____________ can be in Canada during this time of year.
(a) Moods.
(b) Food.
(c) People.
(d) Weather.

12. Robbie once thought Anna would make a good _________, and she admits to Pale that she likes it.
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Nurse.
(d) Choreographer.

13. Anna offers Pale coffee, though he would clearly prefer ___________ as a beverage.
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Juice.
(c) Water.
(d) Milk.

14. Pale separates himself from his brother Robbie by the differences in their __________.
(a) Jobs.
(b) Ears.
(c) Noses.
(d) Personalities.

15. Larry's company tells him that the only thing people all believe in around the holidays is ____________ and children.
(a) Church.
(b) Gifts.
(c) Family.
(d) Snow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Larry said that the card that his bosses have in mind will only offend _____________, which he means to say in a sarcastic way.

2. Pale informs Anna that he does not like ___________ and every time Anna leaves one he feels like he heard her the first time.

3. Larry asks Burton what he thinks of the treatment that Hollywood gives to his _____________.

4. Larry rejects the idea that Hollywood is a bunch of whores, saying that his job as a(n) ______________ makes him a whore as well.

5. How many years had it been since Robbie had even seen his parents, showing just how distant they'd become?

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