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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What movie does Paul mention won Sidney Poitier his only Oscar?
(a) Lillies of the Field
(b) In the Heat of the Night
(c) Guess Who's COming to Dinner
(d) To Sir With Love

2. Paul is looking at a statue of what in Central Park when he is mugged?
(a) A priest
(b) Shakespeare
(c) A husky
(d) An angel

3. Who do Ouisa and Flan address in the first half of this section?
(a) God
(b) The audience
(c) Each other
(d) Geoffrey

4. Where on his body has Paul been stabbed when he enters the Kittredges'?
(a) His arm
(b) His neck
(c) His hand
(d) His stomach

5. What metaphor does Sidney Poitier use to characterize the two American debates on life?
(a) River banks
(b) Bookends
(c) World powers
(d) Warring bulls

6. Who calls the Kittredges soon after Paul leaves?
(a) The Japanese buyers
(b) Paul
(c) Their daughter
(d) Geoffrey

7. What school does the Kittredges' daughter attend?
(a) Groton
(b) Northwestern
(c) Smith
(d) Yale

8. At what time does Paul say he has to meet his father?
(a) Midnight
(b) 10:00 a.m.
(c) 7:00 a.m.
(d) Noon

9. At what time does Ouisa wake up the night after the dinner with Paul?
(a) 4 a.m.
(b) 8 a.m.
(c) 12 p.m.
(d) 6 a.m.

10. What negative world does Ouisa repeat over and over throughout the first couple minutes of the play?
(a) Ghastly
(b) Terrifying
(c) Awful
(d) Horrific

11. What is the first item in the room that Flan checks in Act 1?
(a) The watercolor of the dog
(b) The Victorian inkwell
(c) The first edition Dickens
(d) The two-sided painting

12. In what country does Paul say he grew up?
(a) Poland
(b) Portugal
(c) Switzerland
(d) Denmark

13. At the end of this section, Ouisa tells Flan that God's name is what?
(a) Geoffrey
(b) Paul
(c) Sidney
(d) Cezanne

14. What taciturn promise does Paul make the Kittredges and Geoffrey before the latter leaves?
(a) He will cook for them again sometime
(b) He will pay them back for the shirt
(c) They can have dinner with his father
(d) They can be in Cats

15. What word does Paul repeat over and over as Ouisa tries to wake him in this section?
(a) No
(b) Ouisa
(c) Yes
(d) Help

Short Answer Questions

1. What article of clothing does Flan look at and think of Van Gogh?

2. Flan is shocked that his son lets Paul call him what?

3. What Andrew Lloyd Webber musical does Paul announce his father will be adapting for the screen?

4. Where does Ouisa speak to to Sidney Poitier in her dream?

5. As Flan describes his dream, he says that he does not treat his painting like what?

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