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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is true about the playwright in "Teamed with Genius"?
(a) He has never written a film before.
(b) He has written many films before.
(c) He is a producer.
(d) He is an actor.

2. Where does Pat go to fulfill the producer's wishes in "Boil Some Water--Lots of It"?
(a) The store.
(b) A school.
(c) The infirmary.
(d) The library.

3. What kind of brochures does the man in "The Homes of the Stars" sell?
(a) Brochures for famous restaurants.
(b) Brochures for cars.
(c) Brochures that show locations of celebrities.
(d) Brochures for the studio.

4. What does the couple in "The Homes of the Stars" first ask Pat?
(a) To take them to the studio.
(b) To have dinner with them.
(c) To have lunch with them.
(d) To show them the homes of the stars.

5. How does Pat get the visitors onto the set of a film in "Pat Hobby, Putative Father"?
(a) He asks Berners.
(b) He asks a writer.
(c) He sneaks onto the set.
(d) He asks the director.

6. In "A Man in the Way," from where does the young woman get her idea?
(a) A magazine article.
(b) A movie.
(c) Another person.
(d) A book.

7. What does Pat change in the script in "Teamed with Genius"?
(a) The entire script.
(b) Structure.
(c) Dialogue.
(d) The characters.

8. In "Pat Hobby and Orson Welles," for what is Pat desperate?
(a) Kids.
(b) A wife.
(c) A house.
(d) Work.

9. Whom does Pat blame for his problems in "Pat Hobby and Orson Welles"?
(a) Orson Welles.
(b) Mr. Marcus.
(c) Berners.
(d) Phil Macedon.

10. In "Boil Some Water--Lots of It," what does the producer tell Pat?
(a) He loves his script.
(b) He can put whatever he wants in the script.
(c) He cannot use his script.
(d) Any medical content in the script must be authentic.

11. What does Banizon complain of in "Pat Hobby's Secret"?
(a) He doesn't have a script.
(b) He doesn't have actors.
(c) He doesn't have money.
(d) He doesn't have the ending to a script.

12. Whom does Pat run into on his way to show Berners the script in "Teamed with Genius"?
(a) The studio bookie.
(b) Mr. Marcus.
(c) Phil Macedon.
(d) Berners.

13. In "The Homes of the Stars," what happens to Pat's car?
(a) It is set on fire.
(b) Nothing happens to it.
(c) It is stolen.
(d) It breaks down.

14. What does the executive in "A Man in the Way" tell Pat to do?
(a) Recruit some other writers.
(b) Act in a movie.
(c) Come up with an original idea.
(d) Revise someone's idea for a screenplay.

15. What happens to Pat and the visitors after getting onto the set of the film in "Pat Hobby, Putative Father"?
(a) They are killed.
(b) They are taken to jail.
(c) They are injured.
(d) They are taken to the security room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hires Pat to help write a screenplay in "Teamed with Genius"?

2. What does Pat tell the couple that his profession is in "The Homes of the Stars"?

3. How is the condition for Pat's gift broken in "Pat Hobby, Putative Father"?

4. What does Pat do on the stand in "Pat Hobby's Secret"?

5. In "Pat Hobby's Secret," what is Mr. Banizon's profession?

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