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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. What does Oscar primarily drink?

2. What does Oscar do for a living?

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

4. What do the other poker players do as they leave Oscar's apartment?

5. How is Speed's personality best described?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the friends with whom Oscar plays poker.

2. How many rooms does Oscar's apartment have, and what does this show?

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

4. Why does Oscar offer to let Felix move in?

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

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

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

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

9. How does Felix ruin the date with the Pigeon sisters?

10. Why do Oscar and his friends watch Felix very closely when he first arrives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how The Odd Couple demonstrates the impact of divorce on middle-aged men.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze how the setting of The Odd Couple influences the story.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze how Oscar, Felix, and the Pigeon Sisters demonstrate gender norms of the time period in which the play is set.

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