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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the other poker players do as they leave Oscar's apartment?
(a) Tell Felix to get over it.
(b) Snicker.
(c) Try to get Felix to come to a bar.
(d) Offer to help Felix any way they can.

2. At the beginning of the play, how long is Oscar's refrigerator broken?
(a) Three days.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) One week.
(d) One month.

3. How does Felix startle the other characters when he first arrives?
(a) He slams a book shut.
(b) He breaks a window.
(c) He slams a door.
(d) He trips over a chair.

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

5. How far away from Oscar does Speed live?
(a) Two floors.
(b) Five miles.
(c) One mile.
(d) Three blocks.

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

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

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

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

10. What does Vinnie do that annoys Speed during the first poker game?
(a) Gushes about his wife.
(b) Talks incessantly.
(c) Plays with his poker chips.
(d) Sings.

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

12. What does Oscar primarily drink?
(a) Wine.
(b) Water.
(c) Vegetable juice.
(d) Beer.

13. 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 would just fail at it anyway.
(c) He feels a lot better now.
(d) He is very tired.

14. What does Felix's wife quip that Felix's tombstone says?
(a) "Felix Ungar, beloved family man."
(b) "Here stands Felix Ungar."
(c) "Please don't litter."
(d) "R.I.P. Felix Ungar, control freak."

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Vinnie say he is going the morning after the first poker game?

2. What is the weather outside like at the beginning of the play?

3. What does Felix start to do at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

4. Which character is the most concerned about playing poker instead of talking?

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

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