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

2. What is the subtitle of the play Max finds in act 1, scene 5?

3. What is the backdrop of act 1, Scene 9?

4. How does Leo feel about Ulla after meeting her in act 1, scene 8?

5. What is the purpose of the song Max and Leo sing in act 1, scene 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is significant about Max and Leo staying up all night in act 1, scene 5?

2. What is significant about Ulla's song?

3. For what event is Roger dressed up, and who is he going as?

4. What are some of the things Max does to procure the funds for Springtime for Hitler?

5. What effects are used at the end of act 1, scene 4, and why?

6. What is significant about Leo being chastised for being six minutes late?

7. What idea does Leo inadvertently give Max?

8. What is the point of having Franz talk to pigeons?

9. How does Leo act around Ulla in act 2, scene 1?

10. What is Max's job and his history with show business?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how each of these styles of comedy is used within The Producers:

1) Parody.

2) Irony.

3) Character comedy.

4) Slapstick.

5) Wordplay.

Essay Topic 2

The Producers is a musical comedy, meaning that there are several songs and dance sequences that take place throughout the show. Discuss the play as a musical. What does music add to the show? What does the show lose by being a musical? What are the defining qualities of a musical and how is it exemplified in The Producers? Does the show itself ever self-mock for being a musical? Cite specific examples from the text to support your statements.

Essay Topic 3

One comedy style used heavily in this play is parody. Because of Max and Leo's poor producing of Springtime for Hitler (already a terrible script) and Roger's flamboyant portrayal of Hitler, the audiences believe that the show is meant to be comical parody. Discuss how this misconception happened. Include the former points and take into account the time period the play is meant to be set in. Cite specific examples from the script to support your statements.

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