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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who works in this building?
(a) Bums.
(b) Hopeful actors and actresses.
(c) Native New Yorkers.
(d) Minorities.

2. Why do they work these jobs in this building?
(a) In the hopes of creating a popular movie.
(b) To see shows for free.
(c) In the hopes of being discovered by some movie industry executive.
(d) To earn a large income.

3. How does George compare to the fast talking May, Jerry, and Helen?
(a) He is not quite in their league.
(b) He is bored.
(c) He keeps up quite well.
(d) He is an even faster talker.

4. What is George happily doing as this scene opens?
(a) Reading a new script.
(b) Watching television.
(c) Flirting with young actresses.
(d) Thumbing through a copy of Variety magazine.

5. According to Jerry, with what kind of news does he return?
(a) Bad news.
(b) Good news.
(c) Sad news.
(d) Horrible news.

6. How does Helen arrive?
(a) With as much pandemonium as the movie stars.
(b) Just as surprised by the celebrities as the trio.
(c) Quietly.
(d) Angrily.

7. What is THE JAZZ SINGER?
(a) A live production.
(b) A successful talkie.
(c) A silent film.
(d) A ballet.

8. What kind of play is ONCE IN A LIFETIME?
(a) A lighthearted play.
(b) A tragedy.
(c) A morbid play.
(d) A work of nonfiction.

9. What has Jerry bought for the trio?
(a) A vaudeville act.
(b) Tickets for the three of them on the next train to Hollywood.
(c) A theatre.
(d) A bus.

10. Who is this person that May encounters?
(a) Hank Hannah.
(b) Helen Hobart.
(c) Hillary Hanson.
(d) Henry Herbert.

11. Who made this decision to leave New York City?
(a) George.
(b) Jerry.
(c) Al.
(d) May.

12. What is this person's idea, regarding the new job?
(a) Taking their vaudeville act on the road.
(b) Opening a diction school for actors.
(c) Buying a theatre.
(d) Directing movies.

13. What do George and his new acquaintance form?
(a) A mutual hatred.
(b) An acting studio.
(c) A fast friendship.
(d) A social club.

14. When was the decision to leave New York City made?
(a) This morning.
(b) This afternoon.
(c) One week ago.
(d) Yesterday evening.

15. In what are the three basking, as they are traveling to their new destination?
(a) The hot sun.
(b) Their own embarrassment.
(c) Their new fame.
(d) The glow of the new money-making idea.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does May encounter on the train?

2. What does the trio hope this very important person will do for them?

3. Who is also dining at the hotel tonight and for whom Mr. Glogauer does not care?

4. Of what does the trio have another?

5. How is May feeling when she enters the scene?

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