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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the poker players worried about in the first scene?
(a) The ceiling is leaking.
(b) Felix is missing.
(c) Felix has an argument with Oscar.
(d) Someone is cheating.

2. How many children does Felix have?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

3. What is Roy's occupation?
(a) Fireman.
(b) Accountant.
(c) Policeman.
(d) Stockbroker.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What are the characters playing when the play begins?
(a) Cribbage.
(b) Hearts.
(c) Spades.
(d) Poker.

10. How does Felix describe the state of his marriage before the divorce?
(a) "Content".
(b) "Happy".
(c) "Lousy".
(d) "Up and down".

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

12. What major event happens to Oscar before the play starts?
(a) His brother dies.
(b) He wins the lottery.
(c) His wife leaves him.
(d) He gets a promotion.

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

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

15. After the other players leave, how does Oscar try to comfort Felix?
(a) Pours him a drink.
(b) Tells him he's better off.
(c) Prepares him a snack.
(d) Tells him he'll set him up on a date.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far away from Oscar does Speed live?

2. Why do the other players make fun of Vinnie in the first scene?

3. Why does Felix say that he is not going to try to hurt himself the night after the first poker game?

4. What does Vinnie do that annoys Speed during the first poker game?

5. What garbage dominates the apartment at the beginning of the play?

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