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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. How does Oscar reassure the other players as they leave?
(a) Tell them he takes Felix to the hospital.
(b) Remind them that Felix is all talk.
(c) Tell them Felix spends the night at Oscar's.
(d) Tell them he ties Felix up so he can't hurt himself.

2. During the first poker game, what do the players primarily talk about?
(a) Other women.
(b) Felix.
(c) Their wives.
(d) Movies.

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

4. Where does Felix go right after his wife throws him out?
(a) A hotel.
(b) Oscar's apartment.
(c) His mother's house.
(d) The park.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many rooms does Oscar's apartment have?

3. Why does Felix say that he cannot drink?

4. What does Felix finally reveal to his friends?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Murray say as he leaves the second poker game, and why is this ironic?

2. What does Felix urge the poker players to do during the second game, and how do they react?

3. Why does Oscar's wife leave him?

4. What does Oscar say at the end of his and Felix's last argument, and how does he emphasize his point?

5. What happens when Felix tries to make conversation with the Pigeon sisters?

6. What does Felix expect from his date with Cecily and Gwendolyn, and why?

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

8. Who is Blanche, and why does she call Oscar at the beginning of the play?

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

10. Why does Oscar offer to let Felix move in?

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