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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 Murray's occupation?

2. What does Felix do the last time he is in a great deal of pain?

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

4. Why does Felix say that he cannot drink?

5. What is Oscar's defining trait?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Gwendolyn different from Cecily?

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

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

5. What does Oscar expect from his date with the Pigeon sisters, and why?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the marriages and divorces of Oscar and Felix, and analyze what these events reveal about them as characters.

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

Analyze how Neil Simon manages to present serious situations in a humorous light.

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