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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 Felix's last name?

2. How many rooms does Oscar's apartment have?

3. How does Felix feel about his wife at the beginning of the play?

4. Why do the other players make fun of Vinnie in the first scene?

5. What does Vinnie do that annoys Speed during the first poker game?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Oscar's wife leave him?

8. What embarrassing thing does Oscar do when the Pigeon sisters arrive, and what does this suggest about Oscar?

9. Why doesn't Oscar and his friends want Felix to go to the bathroom alone, and why is this humorous?

10. How is the conflict between Felix and Oscar resolved at the end of the play?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Analyze how the setting of The Odd Couple influences the story.

Essay Topic 3

Explain how both Felix and Oscar change as characters throughout the play.

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