Play It as It Lays Test | Final Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Play It as It Lays Test | Final Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the hairdresser on the set give Maria?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Valium.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Dexedrine.

2. What did the girl Maria worked with have to do in order to get a legal D & C?
(a) Blackmail the governor.
(b) Provide false testimony.
(c) Sleep with the mayor.
(d) Embezzle money.

3. When Maria goes to the hairdresser, a girl comes in and tells her hairdresser that she just had an operation for what?
(a) Broken shoulder.
(b) Eye lift.
(c) Pelvic abscess.
(d) Brain tumor.

4. During Christmas dinner, what gift from Felicia does Kate smash against the mirror?
(a) A train.
(b) A ball.
(c) A music box.
(d) A doll.

5. In the courtroom, Helene confirmed that the defendant, Carter Lang, had repeatedly _______and in other ways _________the plaintiff, Mrs. Maria Lang.
(a) Struck; humiliated.
(b) Yelled at; derided.
(c) Derided; abused.
(d) Humiliated; derided.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maria tell Benny Austin about why she had to leave him?

2. What does Maria do instead of going to the hospital for the excessive bleeding?

3. Whom does Maria call after she is arrested for stealing the actor's property in Vegas?

4. In the town where Carter is shooting that is between Death Valley and the Nevada line, why does the boy at the bathhouse know that Maria is with the movie?

5. Why does Maria feel a rush of shame when she tells Benny Austin to come see her in Los Angeles?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Maria get home from Vegas after being arrested and why is it significant?

2. What happens when Maria agrees to meet a director for a new film and what does it signify?

3. What happens when Maria waits for a pay phone at the grocery store and what does it represent?

4. How does BZ respond to Maria's pleas that he stop hitting Helene the night after she blacks out?

5. What happens when Maria and Kate have dinner at Felicia and Les Goodwin's house during the Christmas holiday and why is it significant?

6. What does Maria do after she is unsuccessful in her attempt to reach Benny in Vegas?

7. Why does Carter want Maria to stay with him in the desert where he is shooting and what happens?

8. What happens when Maria leaves a party with an actor and they have sex and why is it significant?

9. When Ivan Costello returns Maria's phone call, how does he behave and what does it signify?

10. How does Helene speak during Carter and Maria's divorce hearing and then after and why is it significant?

(see the answer keys)

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