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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Felix do the last time he is in a great deal of pain?
(a) Falls asleep at the wheel.
(b) Collapses on the floor.
(c) Falls down the stairs.
(d) Drive into a store.

2. How is Felix's crisis from earlier in the day averted?
(a) He doesn't go through with it.
(b) He throws up.
(c) He makes up with his wife.
(d) He goes to hospital.

3. What does Felix make his wife do?
(a) Clean three times per day.
(b) Keep an expense book.
(c) Cook the same thing every night.
(d) Stay at home all the time.

4. What does Felix finally reveal to his friends?
(a) He takes an entire bottle of pills.
(b) He physically attacks his wife.
(c) He considers jumping off a roof.
(d) He gets mugged.

5. What is Oscar's defining trait?
(a) He is bitter and mean.
(b) He is depressed.
(c) He is very neat.
(d) He is very messy.

6. What does the couples therapist call Felix?
(a) A lunatic.
(b) A fool.
(c) A good provider.
(d) A kind man.

7. When Felix arrives at Oscar's apartment for the poker game, the other players decide to do what?
(a) Pretend that everything is normal.
(b) Through a party for Felix.
(c) Play a prank on Felix.
(d) Confront Felix about his marital problems.

8. What is Felix's last name?
(a) Madison.
(b) Ungar.
(c) Smith.
(d) Post.

9. What is wrong with the atmosphere in Oscar's apartment when the play starts?
(a) It is too hot.
(b) It is too cold.
(c) It is too crowded.
(d) There are insects everywhere.

10. Oscar says that Felix reacts badly to his divorce because Felix is:
(a) Panicky.
(b) Lively.
(c) Angry.
(d) Passionate.

11. What does Felix mention that he and Frances are planning to do?
(a) Go on vacation alone.
(b) Throw a graduation party for one of their children.
(c) Remodel the house.
(d) Renew their wedding vows.

12. Where is The Odd Couple set?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) New York City.
(c) Dallas.
(d) Washington, D.C.

13. Oscar says that Felix is the only man in the world with:
(a) Clenched hair.
(b) A jewelry box.
(c) Alphabetized records.
(d) Shoes to match every outfit.

14. How many times is the poker interrupted by the phone in the first scene?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

15. Why do the men gather to play poker every week?
(a) They all live in the same building.
(b) They have nothing else to do.
(c) They are friends.
(d) They do not know.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Oscar reassure the other players as they leave?

2. Roy suggests chipping in to make what improvement to Oscar's apartment?

3. Why is Roy upset with Speed in the first scene?

4. What are the other poker players worried Felix does?

5. Why is it difficult to breathe in Oscar's apartment when the play begins?

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