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

2. What happens when the stage goes dark at the end of act 1, scene 4?

3. How much money does Max say they need for their plan to work?

4. What is the name of the location of act 1, scene nine?

5. Who appears out of the cupboards in Leo's office during his fantasy in act 1, scene 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Max and Leo's plans for the future at the end of the musical?

2. Who is Hold-Me Touch-Me?

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

4. Who is Ulla?

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

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

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

8. What is Franz's mission with his script?

9. What is significant about the references to homosexuality in act 2, scene 2?

10. Why does Max cast Franz to play Hitler?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following topics to write about:

1) Use of wordplay in Ulla's character.

2) The stereotypes of the gay community during the scene at Roger's apartment.

3) Theatrical superstition in the script.

Essay Topic 2

Through The Producers, groups of people and stereotypes are used for laughs (for example, the homosexual production crew and Ulla being a "dumb blond"). However, the only group that is openly mocked and thought of derisively is the Nazi party. Explore the differences in humor between one group and the other. How can all these groups people be played for laughs, though only one group is ever done with the intention of mocking? What is the playwright's intent in this? Does it seem to be deliberate? Cite specific examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following to write about:

1) The significance of Roger hugging Ulla and not Carmen at curtain call.

2) The people who will be hurt by Max and Leo's scheme.

3) The rituals and singing that Max and Leo must do to appease Franz for the rights to his play.

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