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

2. How long is Felix married?

3. What are the other poker players worried Felix does?

4. Oscar says that Felix is the only man in the world with:

5. What do the other poker players do as they leave Oscar's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Oscar say that he is kicking Felix out?

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

4. When the other poker players start to complain to Oscar about Felix, how does Oscar respond?

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

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

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

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

9. How and why do Felix and Oscar argue at the beginning of the final scene?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Explain in detail how The Odd Couple has at least five of the crucial dramatic elements that we discuss in class.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the play, analyze how Oscar and Felix develop as characters throughout the play.

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