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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Fox want to be the costar?
(a) His wife.
(b) Gould's secretary.
(c) His niece.
(d) The flavor of the month.

2. What time is the second pitch meeting with Ross scheduled for?
(a) One week, 5 pm.
(b) It isn't rescheduled.
(c) The next day, 10 a.m.
(d) At lunch. Sometime.

3. Why does Ross cancel the meeting with Fox?
(a) He doesn't like Fox's script.
(b) For fun.
(c) He doesn't like Fox's reputation.
(d) He's been called out of town.

4. How many things does Gould claim to have learned in the film industry?
(a) Nothing at all.
(b) Five in five years.
(c) Two in twenty years.
(d) Everything known to man.

5. Gould claims the gods do what to make people mad?
(a) Show them the door.
(b) Cause famine and war.
(c) Answer their prayers.
(d) Deny their wishes.

6. What is the opening scene of the play set?
(a) Marilyn Monroe's home in Brentwood.
(b) The top of the Hollywood sign.
(c) Hollywood Blvd.
(d) Bobby Gould's office.

7. What script does Gould show Fox in Act One?
(a) The Story of a Horse and a Horse Who Loved Him.
(b) The Candle Burns at Both Ends Twice.
(c) Turtle Time.
(d) Grass is Green but Money is Greener.

8. What does Fox compare the substance of his movies to?
(a) Water.
(b) Prize winning literature.
(c) Gelatin.
(d) What he puts in his coffee.

9. What does Fox want to do with Gould in Act One?
(a) Carouse for starlets.
(b) Get a drink.
(c) Produce an indie.
(d) Have a talk.

10. What does Gould reveal to Fox at the beginning of Act One?
(a) His wife is leaving him.
(b) He is ill.
(c) His promotion.
(d) He is illiterate.

11. What does Gould feel is missing from his company's films?
(a) A decent budget.
(b) Art and entertainment.
(c) Explosions and profanity.
(d) Good actors.

12. Fox compares the movie business to what?
(a) A new love affair.
(b) A dying flower.
(c) The four seasons.
(d) A young girl.

13. What does Gould tell Fox to get in Ross' office?
(a) Script options.
(b) The blacklist.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Paperclips.

14. At the beginning of Act One, Gould feels everyone in town wants what?
(a) His wife.
(b) To humiliate him.
(c) His head on a platter.
(d) To promote him.

15. At the beginning of Act One, who is the head of the studio?
(a) Ross.
(b) Gould.
(c) Barney.
(d) Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the secretary ask about the film with Doug Brown?

2. Gould tells his secretary _______ is a waste in his business.

3. What does Gould think Fox should get for bringing the film to his studio?

4. Gould claims movie making is a what?

5. What clutters the opening scene?

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