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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 is Oscar's wife angry with him?
(a) He gets to keep their apartment.
(b) He steals her car.
(c) He owes her money.
(d) He forges her signature.

2. How many children does Felix have?
(a) Four.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

3. Which character is the most concerned about playing poker instead of talking?
(a) Murray.
(b) Speed.
(c) Oscar.
(d) Roy.

4. How many times is Felix late for poker before the play begins?
(a) Only twice.
(b) Every week.
(c) Four.
(d) None.

5. How does Felix drop clues that all is not right?
(a) He asks about others love life.
(b) He sighs heavily.
(c) He cries.
(d) He is completely silent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Felix is described as what?

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

3. Oscar says that Felix is the only man in the world with:

4. What does Felix finally reveal to his friends?

5. What does Vinnie do that annoys Speed during the first poker game?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the other poker players start to complain to Oscar about Felix, how does Oscar respond?

2. Why does Oscar say that he is kicking Felix out?

3. What does Oscar demand that Felix does right before leaves?

4. Why does Felix bring the Pigeon sisters to Oscar's apartment at the end of the play?

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

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

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

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

9. How is Gwendolyn different from Cecily?

10. Why doesn't Oscar and his friends want Felix to go to the bathroom alone, and why is this humorous?

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