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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 start to do at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

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

3. Why does Oscar say that Felix can stay with him?

4. How is Roy's personality best described?

5. What improvement does Frances want to make to the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Felix say when he leaves Oscar's apartment after their argument, and why?

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

3. How is Gwendolyn different from Cecily?

4. How does Felix act when he arrives at the first poker game?

5. What does Oscar demand that Felix does right before leaves?

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

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

8. Why does the second poker game break up?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

List your first impressions of Oscar and Felix in the first scene, and analyze whether these impressions prove to be correct.

Essay Topic 2

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

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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