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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 did this decision to leave come about?

2. Who is this very important person that Helen and the others compliment?

3. Where are the New York stage performers headed?

4. How does the trio feel about this person's offer?

5. Which member of the trio is struggling on the trip across the country?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does George, yet again, have good luck?

2. How are May's suspicions confirmed?

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

4. Describe George at this point in the play.

5. Who is sitting and waiting in the beginning of the scene?

6. Who is expected at any minute? What is he expected to do?

7. How does this good luck help the Glogauer Studios?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

George falls in love with Susan Walker.

Part 1) Who is Susan Walker? How does he meet her?

Part 2) Why does he fall in love with her? How do his feelings for Susan affect his friends?

Part 3) How does his love for her affect her life? Does she love him? Why might she love him?

Essay Topic 2

The playwright shows there are some redeeming qualities in the business of film.

Part 1) What are these redeeming qualities?

Part 2) Why is the trio good for the film industry?

Part 3) Are there good qualities in the film industry today? Is so, what are they? If not, why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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