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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 Max tell Leo about producers and money in act 1, scene 8?
(a) Producers should tell people they are investing their own money, but really do not.
(b) A producer should never invest his own money in a production.
(c) Producers should put at least five percent of their income into the show.
(d) Producers should always put their own money in a show to maximize profits.

2. Where does the author of the play that Max finds in act 1, scene 5 live?
(a) Queens.
(b) Astoria.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) Greenwich Village.

3. In act 1, scene 8, what do Max and Leo bring back to the office after meeting with Roger?
(a) Signed contracts.
(b) Costumes.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Liquor.

4. In act 1, scene 8, what does the woman auditioning for Max and Leo give as her first name?
(a) Ulla Voulez-vous A Mi Casa Sie Greten.
(b) Ulla Bulla-Lulla Kulla-Dulla Snorgen-Yorgenstein.
(c) Ulla Inga Hansen Bensen Yonsen Tallen-Hallen Svaden-Svanson.
(d) Ulla Snorgen Borgen Yorgen Torgen Callen-Vallen Vu.

5. What does Leo tell his boss at the end of act 1, scene 3?
(a) He wants to be promoted.
(b) He quits.
(c) He wants to thank him for his help in his career.
(d) He wants to take a leave of absence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the play that Max finds in act 1, scene 5?

2. What does Leo get in trouble for when he arrives at the office in act 1, scene 3?

3. What does Max call his benefactress who visits him in act 1, scene 2?

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

5. What is Leo's opinion about his accounting clients?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Roger end up playing Hitler?

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

4. What does Leo sing about in act 2, scene 1, and how does it affect Ulla?

5. Why is Max kneeling in the beginning of act 1, scene 4?

6. How is Max's treatment of the old ladies different from how everyone views him at the end of the act?

7. How does Act 1 end?

8. What is significant about Ulla's song?

9. What does Max sum up about the author of Springtime for Hitler?

10. How has Ulla transformed Max and Leo's office, and what does it signify?

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