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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 object are the men moving into the hotel room?

2. What type of room do the men enter as they are coming into the hotel room?

3. By the end of Scene 1, is Madame Rosepettle depicted as self-centered?

4. What does the person Madame Rosepettle plans to meet at the end of Scene 1 own?

5. Why does Jonathan draw Xs in Scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Would you like to live the lifestyle Madame Rosepettle leads? Why or why not?

2. How is Jonathan's loneliness described in Scene 2?

3. Why does Madame Rosepettle get upset with the bellboys at the end of Scene 1?

4. Why doesn't Madame Rosepettle want any light in the hotel room? Why is this ironic?

5. What is Madame Rosepettle's bedroom like? Does this describe what you would have expected?

6. Are the characters of Jonathan and the commodore similar? In what way?

7. Describe the interaction between the third bellboy and Madame Rosepettle.

8. What attractive qualities do you think Rosalie sees in Jonathan?

9. How does Jonathan react to Madame Rosepettle in Scene 1?

10. When does Jonathan kill Rosalie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are several instances of irony in Kopit's book. Identify at least one of these instances and describe why Kopit may have used irony when describing this particular situation.

Essay Topic 2

What effect does early 1960's Cuba have on Kopit's novel? How does it add to the story? What impact does the war have on characters, and how might they be different had the story been set during a different time?

Essay Topic 3

The title of Kopit's work, Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Momma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad, seems straightforward yet indicates a particular significance about one character. In your opinion, why does Kopit choose this particular title for his work? What does this title signify? What does it tell readers about the story?

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