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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Oscar's wife's name?
(a) Frances.
(b) Gwendolyn.
(c) Cecily.
(d) Blanche.

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

3. What improvement does Frances want to make to the house?
(a) Repaint the bedroom.
(b) Replace the tiles in the kitchen.
(c) Put new carpet in the living room.
(d) Renovate the bathroom.

4. How does Felix drop clues that all is not right?
(a) He is completely silent.
(b) He asks about others love life.
(c) He sighs heavily.
(d) He cries.

5. Why is Oscar's wife angry with him?
(a) He steals her car.
(b) He forges her signature.
(c) He gets to keep their apartment.
(d) He owes her money.

6. Which character is the most concerned about playing poker instead of talking?
(a) Roy.
(b) Murray.
(c) Speed.
(d) Oscar.

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

8. How is Murray's personality best described?
(a) Acerbic.
(b) Cranky.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Witty.

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

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

11. How long is Felix married?
(a) 8 years.
(b) 12 years.
(c) 13 years.
(d) 10 years.

12. What are the other poker players worried Felix does?
(a) Get drunk.
(b) Commit suicide.
(c) Hurt his wife.
(d) Cheat at cards.

13. Why is Roy upset with Speed in the first scene?
(a) Speed keeps blowing smoke in his face.
(b) Speed is trying to peek at his hand.
(c) Speed keeps winning.
(d) Speed makes a comment about his wife.

14. How is Vinnie's personality best described?
(a) Quiet.
(b) Cranky.
(c) Acerbic.
(d) Witty.

15. How many times is Felix late for poker before the play begins?
(a) Four.
(b) None.
(c) Every week.
(d) Only twice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What malady does Felix first complain about in the second scene?

2. How does Felix startle the other characters when he first arrives?

3. Why does Oscar say that Felix can stay with him?

4. What illness does Felix have?

5. How is Speed's personality best described?

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