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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does this person that May encounters offer to do?
(a) Work as a teacher.
(b) Be their first student.
(c) Help promote it .
(d) Not keep them from their plans.

4. Of what does the trio have another?
(a) Train to catch.
(b) Train ride.
(c) Stroke of good luck.
(d) New plan.

5. What has Jerry done to the trio's act?
(a) He has found a new agent.
(b) Found a new theatre for them to perform in.
(c) He has landed them roles in a Broadway play.
(d) He has sold the vaudeville act.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do they feel at first about Jerry's news?

2. This idea began in New York, and to where is this new idea leading them?

3. The setting of this scene has a _________ interior.

4. What sends Glogauer into fits?

5. Why is George's new acquaintance headed to this location?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does a bellboy announce?

2. Describe how everyone feels on the set.

3. For what is May anxious in this first scene?

4. How do they feel about the trip?

5. How do May and George feel about Jerry's good news?

6. What does Glogauer's secretary announce?

7. Where does this scene take place?

8. What happens the closer they get to Los Angeles?

9. What is May doing at the beginning of the scene?

10. What do the playwrights show about the film industry?

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