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

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

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

4. Why does Felix say that he is not going to try to hurt himself the night after the first poker game?
(a) He feels a lot better now.
(b) He feels sick.
(c) He would just fail at it anyway.
(d) He is very tired.

5. Why is it difficult to breathe in Oscar's apartment when the play begins?
(a) There is thick smoke in the air.
(b) It is at a very high altitude.
(c) It smells very bad.
(d) The air is very dry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Felix's last name?

2. How is Murray's personality best described?

3. What are the characters playing when the play begins?

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

5. What is Oscar's last name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Oscar's wife leave him?

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

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

7. How do the other poker players respond to the news that Oscar has thrown Felix out, and why?

8. What do the Pigeon sisters look like, and how do they act?

9. Why is this play called "The Odd Couple"?

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

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