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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. For whom is Susan perfect?

3. What does this person that May encounters want in exchange?

4. How are those people watching the parade treated by those in the parade?

5. Who is this person that May encounters?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has happened to the original plan during the trio's travel?

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

3. Who works here? Why do they work here?

4. What does George tell Susan as the scene opens?

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

6. What has Jerry done to the trio?

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

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

9. How does George feel about himself? What does Glogauer settle in to watch?

10. Where does this scene take place?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The trio's diction school is closed.

Part 1) What foreshadows this closing?

Part 2) What are several reasons for its failure?

Part 3) How does this trio regain success after the failure of their school?

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

Helen Hobart is a gossip columnist.

Part 1) How is she treated by those in the film industry, as well the general public? Why?

Part 2) Whys is she an important figure in Los Angeles culture?

Part 3) Does this career flourish today? Why or why not?

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