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

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

3. What malady does Felix first complain about in the second scene?

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

5. What is the weather outside like at the beginning of the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Felix and Oscar argue in the second act, what does Oscar offer as a solution to help Felix?

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

3. Where does Speed suggest that Felix may be in the first scene, and why is this humorous?

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

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

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

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

8. When the Murray, Speed, Vinnie, and Roy leave the first poker game, what do they say, and how does Oscar reassure them?

9. What does Murray say as he leaves the second poker game, and why is this ironic?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the role of physical comedy in the storyline of The Odd Couple.

Essay Topic 2

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

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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