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

2. Why does Frances call?
(a) To ask Felix to come home.
(b) To try to work things out with Felix.
(c) To find out when Felix is picking up his clothes.
(d) To tell Felix his clothes are on the curb.

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

4. How long is Felix married?
(a) 13 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 12 years.

5. What is Oscar's defining trait?
(a) He is bitter and mean.
(b) He is very neat.
(c) He is depressed.
(d) He is very messy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What malady does Felix first complain about in the second scene?

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

3. How many times is Felix late for poker before the play begins?

4. How many times is the poker interrupted by the phone in the first scene?

5. How is Speed's personality best described?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are each of the Pigeon sisters' marriages like, and why do they end?

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

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

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

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

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

7. When the first scene of the second act opens, what does Felix do to Oscar's apartment?

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

9. Why does the second poker game break up?

10. Why is Felix upset when Oscar arrives the night of their date with the Pigeon sisters?

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