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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. Where is George's new acquaintance headed?

2. Why does Glogauer agree to the diction school?

3. What else will the person May encounters do for them?

4. For whom is May waiting?

5. Why is this person, that May encounters, important?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe George.

2. How does May feel about the diction school? How do the others react to her suspicions?

3. Describe how the first scene opens.

4. What is so good about this person the trio meets on the train?

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

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

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

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

9. Where has this person that May recognizes been?

10. For whom do Jerry, May, and George wait? Why? What will this person do for them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Geroge launches into Vail's speech.

Part 1) Describe Vail's speech.

Part 2) What is Mr. Glogauer's reaction to this speech? Are you surprised by his reaction? Why or why not?

Part 3) What are your thoughts on George using Vail's speech? Should he have done this? Why or why not?

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