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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 is the weather outside like at the beginning of the play?

2. What does Felix do the last time he is in a great deal of pain?

3. What does Felix make his wife do?

4. During the first poker game, what do the players primarily talk about?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When the Pigeon sisters arrive with Felix, what do they say to Oscar?

2. What happens to Felix's dinner, and why?

3. Why is Felix reluctant to go on a date, and why does he eventually agree to do it?

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

5. What embarrassing thing does Oscar do when the Pigeon sisters arrive, and what does this suggest about Oscar?

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

7. Why does Oscar's wife leave him?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the play, analyze how Oscar and Felix develop as characters throughout the play.

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

Evaluate the symbolism of the game of poker in The Odd Couple.

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