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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. What is does "green light" mean in the film business?
(a) Use a certain type of lighting on set.
(b) To approve a film for production.
(c) It's code for money.
(d) Halt production immediately.

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

3. What movie star came to Fox's house?
(a) Billy Brown.
(b) Clarence Black.
(c) Doug Brown.
(d) John White.

4. What do Gould and Fox spend time doing in Act One?
(a) Thanking each other.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Debating.
(d) One upping each other.

5. After Gould and Fox discuss potential money from the prison film, Gould claims money is what?
(a) A symbol of excellence.
(b) Necessary for survival.
(c) What Gould lives for.
(d) Unimportant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Gould feel is missing from his company's films?

3. What is Karen's title at the beginning of the play?

4. Gould claims movie making is a what?

5. What is coverage in the film business?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Karen's feelings about her interactions with Gould.

2. What type of career advice does Fox offer to Karen, once Gould declines to produce "Radiation . . ."?

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

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

5. Why does Karen believe the subject of "Radiation . . ." is timely? What is it and why?

6. What is significant about the fact that Gould only completes a half-day in the office at his new job?

7. Explain the irony of the secretary who does not know how to complete the simplest tasks. What does this represent?

8. Even though it is his job to greenlight films, Gould is upset when he feels this is why Fox has come to visit him. Why?

9. In Act Two, Karen tells Gould about a time when she felt empowered. What was this experience like for her?

10. When Fox describes himself as a cog, what does he mean?

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