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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. 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.

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

4. What garbage dominates the apartment at the beginning of the play?
(a) Fast food wrappers.
(b) Napkins and paper towels.
(c) Pizza boxes.
(d) Plastic cups.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During Oscar and Felix's first conversation alone, Felix jumps up and does what?

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

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

4. What is Oscar's last name?

5. What do the other poker players do as they leave Oscar's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Roy and Murray say when Frances first calls, and what does this reveal about their attitudes towards women?

2. How is the conflict between Felix and Oscar resolved at the end of the play?

3. When Felix arrives at the first poker game, what does he admit to doing, and how is the situation resolved?

4. How does Felix act when he arrives at the first poker game?

5. What does Felix say when he leaves Oscar's apartment after their argument, and why?

6. What embarrassing thing does Oscar do when the Pigeon sisters arrive, and what does this suggest about Oscar?

7. When Felix says that he is nervous about the date, how does Oscar respond?

8. When Oscar asks Felix to move in, what does Felix start doing? What does this foreshadow?

9. What are the poker players generally trying to do when Felix arrives?

10. What happens to Felix's dinner, and why?

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