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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gould reads something to Fox in Act One. How is it described?
(a) Pulitzer quality.
(b) Pretentious and confusing.
(c) Witty and commercial.
(d) Stale and typical.

2. Gould claims movie making is a what?
(a) Boring Business.
(b) Divine Culture of Inspiration.
(c) Vulgar Business.
(d) People Business.

3. Gould takes Fox to present his film to who?
(a) Ross.
(b) Klipstine.
(c) The financiers.
(d) The actress of the moment.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the pitch the Gould and Fox plan to give Ross?

2. What does Fox think Gould plans to do with his secretary before lunch?

3. What substance does Fox need in Act One?

4. What does Karen say about her job?

5. How much money does Gould tell Fox they will make?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what Karen believes she saw in Gould.

2. What are the terms of the bet made on the secretary, Karen?

3. What are the feelings Fox experiences when he realizes Gould is going to break their deal?

4. How do Gould and Fox talk about their relationships with others in Hollywood?

5. When Gould claims that Fox is spending too much time kissing up to him instead of doing his job, what is Fox's response?

6. Early in Act One, Gould says, "When the gods would make us mad they answer our prayers." What does this mean and how is it applicable to Gould?

7. When Gould complains that everyone wants something from him, how does Karen reveal him as hypocritical?

8. What comment about prayer did Gould make as a joke that Karen took seriously?

9. How does Gould first reveal to Karen that "Radiation . . ." will not be produced?

10. How does Fox feel about the division of power between men and women in the workforce?

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