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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Felix married?

2. What does Felix's wife quip that Felix's tombstone says?

3. Why is Roy upset with Speed in the first scene?

4. When Felix is locked in a bathroom overnight, what does he do?

5. What does Oscar do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Oscar expect from his date with the Pigeon sisters, and why?

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

3. When Felix arrives at the first poker game, what does he admit to doing, and how is the situation resolved?

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

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

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

7. What do the poker players decide to do when Felix arrives in the first scene, and why?

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

9. How and why do Felix and Oscar argue at the beginning of the final scene?

10. Who is not worried about Felix at the beginning of the play, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the basic elements of a plot, and give detailed examples of those elements from The Odd Couple.

Essay Topic 2

Explain in detail how The Odd Couple has at least five of the crucial dramatic elements that we discuss in class.

Essay Topic 3

Determine what Neil Simon is trying to convey about the nature of friendship and loyalty in The Odd Couple.

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