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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 kind of play is ONCE IN A LIFETIME?

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

3. Why do they work these jobs in this building?

4. What can this person that May encounters do to someone's career?

5. What sends Glogauer into fits?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Vail decide to leave?

2. How do Helen and the trio act when Mr. Glogauer arrives?

3. How does Mr. Glogauer respond to this announcement?

4. What does May discover about Jerry? What do these two realize about each other?

5. Who does George meet? Describe this person.

6. What is wrong with the script?

7. How does Glogauer appear as he enters the scene? Why does he appear this way?

8. Who does May recognize?

9. Describe George in the conversation between May, Jerry, and the person they encounter.

10. Describe how everyone feels on the set.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

George produces the wrong movie.

Part 1) Describe the scene in which this is discovered.

Part 2) For what is this an analogy?

Part 3) What might be the playwrights' opinions of those with power, based on this play?

Essay Topic 2

Jerry, May, and George are centered with their priorities intact.

Part 1) Why might this be surprising?

Part 2) What message are the playwrights sending to the audience through the behaviors of these three characters?

Part 3) How does this reinforce one of the themes of this play?

Essay Topic 3

The play takes place at the onset of talking pictures.

Part 1) How could audiences in the 1930s relate to this setting?

Part 2) Can audiences today find relevance in this setting? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does this change in movie making show the ingenuity and creativity of the characters in the play, as well as people from the time the play was written?

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