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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Max and Leo take the oath when Franz is not looking?
(a) They stick out their middle fingers.
(b) They lower their arms.
(c) They cross their fingers.
(d) They switch hands.

2. In Leo's fantasy in act 1, scene 3, what is glowing on the marquee?
(a) The play's name.
(b) His name.
(c) Max's name.
(d) His wife's name.

3. What is Max Bialystock's profession?
(a) Broadway choreographer.
(b) Broadway director.
(c) Broadway producer.
(d) Broadway actor.

4. What is Franz doing at the beginning of act 1, scene 6?
(a) Knitting.
(b) Feeding homing pigeons.
(c) Writing.
(d) Exercising his pigeons.

5. Where does Leo go in act 1, scene 4?
(a) A theater.
(b) The bar.
(c) Max's office.
(d) Leo's house.

6. Who appears out of the cupboards in Leo's office during his fantasy in act 1, scene 3?
(a) A backstage crew for a Broadway production.
(b) A leading lady.
(c) Chorus girls.
(d) Max Bialystock.

7. What do Leo and the other accountants sing about?
(a) How they want to rob their boss.
(b) How they dislike their job.
(c) How nice their boss is.
(d) How they like their job.

8. Why does Leo nearly lose his temper while singing with Franz?
(a) Leo keeps falling.
(b) Franz keeps kicking and slapping him.
(c) Leo keeps stepping in the pigeons' mess.
(d) Max keeps poking him.

9. Why does Max allow the woman to audition ahead of time?
(a) He is attracted to her.
(b) He wants to set her up with Leo.
(c) He feels sorry for her.
(d) She begs him to let her audition.

10. What does Leo's boss tell him at the beginning of act 1, scene 3?
(a) Leo will soon be promoted.
(b) Leo should learn a few tricks from Max.
(c) Leo is the smartest accountant he has.
(d) Leo will never amount to anything or progress in his career.

11. What does Max vow to do at the end of act 1, scene 1?
(a) End his losing streak.
(b) Get married.
(c) Leave show business.
(d) Find a friend.

12. How much of a discrepancy is there in Max's books for his last show?
(a) Two hundred dollars.
(b) Two hundred thousand dollars.
(c) Two thousand dollars.
(d) Five thousand dollars.

13. How does the banner dropped at the end of act 1, scene 9 describe Max and Leo's show?
(a) "A New Neo-Nazi Musical."
(b) "A Hilarious Romp with America's Favorite Germans."
(c) "The Side of the Nazis that You Will Never Forget."
(d) "A Gay Fantasia on National Themes."

14. What is Bialystock hiding his face behind when he first enters at the beginning of the show?
(a) His hat.
(b) A newspaper.
(c) A placard.
(d) A playbill.

15. What was Max once considered prior to this show?
(a) The Producer King.
(b) The Producer's Producer.
(c) The King of Stage.
(d) The King of Broadway.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leo give his boss at the end of act 1, scene 3?

2. From what classic work is Bialystock's latest flop in act 1, scene 1 adapted?

3. Where does the author of the play that Max finds in act 1, scene 5 live?

4. What is the name of Ulla's song?

5. In act 1, scene 8, what does the woman auditioning for Max and Leo give as her first name?

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