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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Franz claim about Hitler?
2. Who is leading the chorus girls during act 2, scene 8?
3. Where is Max taken at the end of act 2, scene 5?
4. What does Ulla do to Leo when they are alone in act 2, scene 1?
5. What happens when Franz runs backstage when act 2, scene 3?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Leo's character develop over the course of the play? What changes in him? What stays the same? Why does he change? Include in your answer points about his friendship with Max, the romance with Ulla, and how Leo left for Rio after their show did not flop.
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
Why is The Producers set in 1959? How is it significant to the story? To the characters? How would an audience in 1959 react to a sympathetic musical about Hitler? Could this musical be set in any other period of time? Why or why not? Cite specific examples from the text to support your statements.
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