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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 does this parade set off?

2. Who requests Mr. Glogauer's presence?

3. Where is George's new acquaintance headed?

4. What do May and George think of Jerry's news?

5. Why is this decision to leave made, according to Jerry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the end of the scene?

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

3. Who does the trio meet on the train?

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

5. What happens when Glogauer finally emerges?

6. Who does George meet? Describe this person.

7. How do they feel about the trip?

8. What has Jerry done to the trio?

9. Who has a good idea? What is this idea? What do the others think about the idea?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hopeful actors and actresses work at the Hotel Stilton.

Part 1) What jobs do they have at the hotel? Why do they work here?

Part 2) Describe the Hotel Stilton.

Part 3) How does this hotel reflect Los Angeles life and the life of those in the film industry?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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