View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what position does Leo find Max in act 1, scene 4?
(a) Crouched on the chair.
(b) Lying on the floor.
(c) Standing on his desk.
(d) Kneeling.

2. What is Max's idea at the end of act 1, scene 2?
(a) Rob his investors.
(b) Put on a musical that will close on opening night.
(c) Take Funny Boy off-Broadway.
(d) Revive an old musical for no money.

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

4. What appears at the end of Max and Leo's song in act 1, scene 4?
(a) A bar of whiskey and bourbon.
(b) A lit up water display.
(c) A giant clock.
(d) The moon.

5. What is Max hoping to find in act 1, scene 5?
(a) An atrocious script.
(b) A mediocre play he can workshop.
(c) Shakespeare's lost work.
(d) The next big hit.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the banner dropped at the end of act 1, scene 9 describe Max and Leo's show?

2. Why does Leo nearly lose his temper while singing with Franz?

3. What are Leo and Max doing at the beginning of act 1, scene 5?

4. What is Bialystock hiding his face behind when he first enters at the beginning of the show?

5. How old is Bialystock?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about Ulla's entrance in act 2, scene 3?

2. What is significant about Bialystock being middle-aged and disheveled?

3. Describe what happens on-stage after Max, Leo, and Franz are pardoned.

4. Describe Leo's fantasy sequence.

5. How is Leo's neuroses shown in act 1, scene 2?

6. Describe Roger's production team.

7. What is significant about Leo dropping his blue blanket in act 2, scene 1?

8. How does Act 1 end?

9. How do Max, Leo, and Franz get pardoned?

10. How do Max and Leo convince Roger to direct Springtime for Hitler?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 979 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample