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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Pat ask someone for money in "Pat Hobby Does His Bit"?
(a) In a restaurant.
(b) In an office.
(c) On set.
(d) In a bank.

2. What does Pat find himself unable to write in "Mightier Than the Sword"?
(a) A beginning.
(b) Realistic dialogue for the script.
(c) The entire script.
(d) An ending.

3. In "Pat Hobby Does His Bit," what is supposed to happen to Pat's character?
(a) He is supposed to be shot.
(b) He is supposed to kill someone.
(c) He is supposed to be run over by a car.
(d) He is supposed to fall out of a tree.

4. In "Pat Hobby Does His Bit," whom does Pat ask for a loan?
(a) His wife.
(b) Berners.
(c) An actor.
(d) Mr. Marcus.

5. How does Pat react to what has to occur to his character in "Pat Hobby Does His Bit"?
(a) He cries.
(b) He agrees wholeheartedly.
(c) He runs off.
(d) He objects.

6. Whom does Pat end up consoling at the end of "Mightier Than the Sword"?
(a) Mr. Marcus.
(b) Berners.
(c) Himself.
(d) The original writer.

7. In "Fun in an Artist's Studio," what is the profession of the young woman that Pat meets?
(a) Actress.
(b) Banker.
(c) An artist.
(d) Waitress.

8. What does Pat need the money for in "Pat Hobby Does His Bit"?
(a) To pay his house rent.
(b) To buy a house.
(c) A hat.
(d) To keep his car.

9. How does Pat get into the preview in "Pat Hobby's Preview"?
(a) Berners lets him in.
(b) The doorman gets Pat some tickets.
(c) Wainwright tells the doorman to let him in.
(d) He sneaks in.

10. What kind of tickets does Pat have in "Pat Hobby's Preview"?
(a) Baseball tickets.
(b) Concert tickets.
(c) Burlesque show tickets.
(d) Basketball tickets.

11. Why has the director in "No Harm Trying" not worked in months?
(a) He has a bad temper.
(b) He is depressed.
(c) He has a drug problem.
(d) He is violent.

12. In "Pat Hobby Does His Bit," where is Pat when he wakes up?
(a) In the office.
(b) At home.
(c) Still in the ditch.
(d) In a hospital.

13. What historical figure is Pat writing about in "A Patriotic Short"?
(a) President McKinley.
(b) President Wilson.
(c) President Clinton.
(d) President Roosevelt.

14. In "Pat Hobby Does His Bit," why does Pat appear in all the scenes?
(a) He's a good actor.
(b) He sneaked onto the set to be in them.
(c) He begged to be in them.
(d) To make the scenes sequential.

15. Why does the studio hire Pat in "No Harm Trying"?
(a) They don't hire him.
(b) They need him for a project.
(c) They know he needs a job.
(d) So he can help pay his wife's hospital bills.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pat do in the scene in the ditch in "Pat Hobby Does His Bit"?

2. In "Mightier Than the Sword," whose name does the producer put on the script?

3. Why was Pat asked to sit at the Big Table in "A Patriotic Short"?

4. Why does the doorman refuse to let Pat into the preview in "Pat Hobby's Preview"?

5. What does the message to Pat say in "No Harm Trying"?

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