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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it difficult to breathe in Oscar's apartment when the play begins?
(a) The air is very dry.
(b) It is at a very high altitude.
(c) There is thick smoke in the air.
(d) It smells very bad.

2. What is Murray's occupation?
(a) Fireman.
(b) Mechanic.
(c) Police officer.
(d) Accountant.

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

4. How old does Felix say he is when he is toilet trained?
(a) Five months.
(b) Two years.
(c) Eight months.
(d) One year.

5. Why does Felix say that he is not going to try to hurt himself the night after the first poker game?
(a) He feels sick.
(b) He is very tired.
(c) He feels a lot better now.
(d) He would just fail at it anyway.

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

7. How many rooms does Oscar's apartment have?
(a) One.
(b) Eight.
(c) Three.
(d) Ten.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. How much does Oscar save while he is married?
(a) Twenty dollars.
(b) Ten thousand dollars.
(c) Eight dollars and fifty cents.
(d) Seven hundred dollars.

15. What malady does Felix first complain about in the second scene?
(a) Neck spasms.
(b) Massive headaches.
(c) A broken finger.
(d) Charlie horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following would you say Felix is NOT obsessive about?

2. How is Felix's crisis from earlier in the day averted?

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

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

5. What is Oscar's wife's name?

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