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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 Roy's occupation?

2. After the other players leave, how does Oscar try to comfort Felix?

3. What is Murray's occupation?

4. Felix is described as what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Roy and Murray say when Frances first calls, and what does this reveal about their attitudes towards women?

3. Why does the second poker game break up?

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

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

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

7. Why is Speed upset with the state of the apartment during the second poker game?

8. What does Oscar say at the end of his and Felix's last argument, and how does he emphasize his point?

9. Why does Murray like the fact that Felix lives with Oscar?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain in detail why it is important to study a performance of a play in addition to reading it in class.

Essay Topic 2

Provide a detailed analysis of how The Odd Couple influences modern American drama.

Essay Topic 3

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

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