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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. Why do the men gather to play poker every week?
(a) They all live in the same building.
(b) They have nothing else to do.
(c) They do not know.
(d) They are friends.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children does Felix have?

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

3. Why do the poker players have trouble playing at the beginning of the play?

4. What is Oscar's last name?

5. Felix says that his divorce is hardest on who?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Oscar gets angry with Felix after the second poker game, how does Felix respond?

2. When the Murray, Speed, Vinnie, and Roy leave the first poker game, what do they say, and how does Oscar reassure them?

3. What does Frances want when she calls Felix, and what does this make Felix realize?

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

5. How does Felix change the nature of the poker game the second time they play?

6. What does Oscar tell the other poker players to do in the last line of the play, and what does this show about Oscar?

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

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

9. What do the poker players talk about during the last game, and why?

10. When Felix and Oscar argue in the second act, why is Oscar upset with Felix?

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