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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 Felix mention that he and Frances are planning to do?

2. How is Vinnie's personality best described?

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

4. How does Felix drop clues that all is not right?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the second poker game break up?

2. What does Felix expect from his date with Cecily and Gwendolyn, and why?

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

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

5. Why do the poker players think that Felix is in danger of hurting himself?

6. Why do you think the poker players banter back and forth so much during the first poker game?

7. Who is Blanche, and why does she call Oscar at the beginning of the play?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe in detail at least three attributes a person needs to be a good friend. Judge whether or not Felix and Oscar are good friends to each other.

Essay Topic 2

Explain why you think Felix is so compulsive about neatness and order. What does this gain for him?

Essay Topic 3

Describe what a foil is, and explain how Oscar and Felix are foils for each other.

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