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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Anna become upset that Robbie's family did not know about him?
(a) He was gay.
(b) He was poor.
(c) He was married.
(d) He was rich.

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

3. Pale informs Anna that he does not like ___________ and every time Anna leaves one he feels like he heard her the first time.
(a) Gifts.
(b) Roses.
(c) Messages.
(d) Boxes.

4. Pale complains that the room is like a/an __________ when he is sitting with Anna and Larry.
(a) Ice box.
(b) Oven.
(c) Courtroom.
(d) Detention center.

5. Who yells from the hallway later on in the first scene, trying to get someone's attention?
(a) Jessie.
(b) Pale.
(c) Burton.
(d) Larry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Burton decides to leave as he wants to type up notes for his _______________ before heading to a dinner meeting.

2. What is the relationship that Robbie and Anna once shared when he was alive?

3. What did Pale threaten the other driver that he would do if the other driver didn't back off?

4. What is the name of the women that the Flying Dutchman meets and who falls in love with him?

5. What does Anna point out to Burton as he is talking about his new work, though he is not convinced of his direction?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is on the message that Burton leaves for Anna on the answering machine before she picks it up?

2. What happens when Burton calls Pale "Jimmy" instead of by his name Pale?

3. What happened between the man and Burton that Burton encountered when he was walking home drunk at the age of 20?

4. What does Larry admit Anna has been working on when Burton asks Larry about her relationship with Pale?

5. When Larry asks Burton about how he feels about the treatment of his movies by Hollywood, what does Burton reply?

6. When Burton describes Hollywood as a bunch of whores, what is Larry's response to this assessment?

7. What does Anna respond when Larry asks her and Burton why they aren't out partying the night away?

8. Why does Burton decide to go home after his conversation with Anna and with Larry?

9. What is the one thing that Robbie's family has never seen him do, which also upsets Anna?

10. Describe the characters of Burton and Anna when the second act of the play begins?

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