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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. When might Oscar's conflict with Father, since he saw the movie, blow over?
(a) Once Oscar's play is on Broadway.
(b) Once Oscar loses the lawsuit, proving the play is not worth stealing.
(c) Once Father realizes the movie is based on Oscar's play.
(d) Once Father realizes how good the movie was.

2. How does Jerry want to change the character of Kane, which would also put Broadway audiences in Oscar's hands?
(a) He should be a rootless, wandering Jew.
(b) He should be very funny and entertaining.
(c) He should have a better name.
(d) He should be very attractive.

3. What has happened every time Christina has tried to reach Harry?
(a) He has been unavailable.
(b) He has refused to talk to her.
(c) He cries on the phone.
(d) He yells at her.

4. What is Christina doing when Oscar and Lily find her on the phone with her vulture sisters-in-law?
(a) She is giving advice to her sisters-in-law about Harry's funeral.
(b) She is telling her sisters-in-law to come over.
(c) She is crying hysterically.
(d) She is warning them to keep their hands off everything in the apartment.

5. Who is the stooped old man Lily saw walking past the window as she drove up?
(a) Oscar.
(b) Mr. Cartwright, the family butler.
(c) Mr. Boatwright, the family plumber.
(d) Harry.

Short Answer Questions

1. A copy of District Judge Crease's Instructions to the Jury in the case of Fickert v. Ude arrives in the mail. What are jurors told to do?

2. How much is the settlement offer worth about which Christina tells Harry?

3. How does Bone describe Erebus?

4. In the morning, how does Christina find Oscar?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Oscar want Christina to see the television?

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

3. What does Christina do about Oscar's legal bills? Why does she do this?

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

5. What are Oscar's plans for his play?

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

7. How does Christina react when a real estate woman shows up at the house?

8. What does Oscar learn about Basie?

9. What does Oscar plan to do with his play?

10. Why is Lily's father unable to collect his son's insurance money?

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