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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 request to wear before leaving the office in act 1, scene 5?

2. Who arrives at Max and Leo's office to audition for Springtime for Hitler in act 1, scene 8?

3. What is Max Bialystock's profession?

4. What is Roger wearing when he first meets with Max and Leo?

5. In Leo's fantasy in act 1, scene 3, what is glowing on the marquee?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What must Leo and Max do in order to secure the rights for Springtime for Hitler?

3. What does Max vow to do at the end of act 1, scene 1?

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

5. Why does Franz threaten to shoot Max and Leo?

6. What has happened throughout the day that forces Leo to quit his job?

7. Why must Roger not hug Carmen at the end of the musical within a musical?

8. How does Act 1 end?

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

10. What is Leo's analysis of the possibility of going to jail?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Max and Leo are the center of The Producers, particularly the evolution of their friendship and how it changes them. Cite specific examples from the script.

Part 1) Compare and contrast Max and Leo. How are the men similar? How are they different?

Part 2) How does Max and Leo change over the course of the play? Do they change each other? How is this known?

Part 3) How does Leo's abandonment of Max test their friendship? Why Leo leave him?

Part 4) What do each of men teach each other? Do they emerge from their ordeal better people?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the use of irony in The Producers. Include the following points:

1) Max and Leo producing a show about Hitler.

2) How everyone sees Max as a hero for getting the money for the show.

3) Max and Leo's failure to produce a failed show.

Cite specific examples from the text to support your statements.

Essay Topic 3

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

1) Parody.

2) Irony.

3) Character comedy.

4) Slapstick.

5) Wordplay.

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