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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 does Bone do with the play besides summarizing the plot of the play and observing classical sources have been used?
(a) He vaguely describes the main characters.
(b) He only discusses the parts that are similar to the movie.
(c) Analyzing the first two acts scene-by-scene.
(d) He makes fun of Oscar.

2. What does Jerry think will happen by having Bagby hungering for intelligent talk in an intellectual wasteland?
(a) It will destroy the character.
(b) It will make the audience hate the character even more.
(c) It will improve the character.
(d) It will be too deep for the audience.

3. How much is Father's estate worth?
(a) Around $500,000.
(b) Around $5.5 million.
(c) Around $5 million.
(d) Around $55 million.

4. How does Oscar feel about Father having no time to read his play?
(a) Sad.
(b) Happy.
(c) Reassured.
(d) Livid.

5. Why does Rev. Bobby Joe, freed from jail, say Daddy cannot come to visit?
(a) He no longer trusts Daddy.
(b) He is busy preaching.
(c) He is having a big operation and Bobby Joe is offering him spiritual comfort in case the Lord carries him home during it.
(d) He has a baptism to attend to.

Short Answer Questions

1. Christina decides to drive out and asks Harry to phone Sam or Basie to have them contact Oscar. Why can Harry not accompany her?

2. Why are the Judge's ashes in a coffee can?

3. What does Jerry explain as the left hand side of Oscar's story?

4. What do witnesses confirm about the site of the drowning?

5. Why does Oscar fail to notice Lily's new hairdo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Christina and Lily find Oscar staring blankly in the library?

2. In what ways is the lower court correct? In what ways is Oscar correct?

3. What does Lily say when she goes to see Oscar?

4. What connection is made between Lily and the law clerk?

5. What are the connections between the play and the movie?

6. What are Lily, Harry, and Oscar watching?

7. What does Oscar learn about Basie?

8. What does Oscar do when he is served a subpoena? What does Christina think about this?

9. How does Father uses religion in a court case?

10. What does Jerry think about Oscar's characters, Kane and Bagby?

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