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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 are the characters playing when the play begins?

2. How is Roy's personality best described?

3. Why do the poker players have trouble playing at the beginning of the play?

4. What is Murray's occupation?

5. How is Vinnie's personality best described?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Oscar tell the other poker players to do in the last line of the play, and what does this show about Oscar?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does Frances want when she calls Felix, and what does this make Felix realize?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate what you think is the message Neil Simon is trying to send about human relationships in The Odd Couple.

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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