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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. How is Felix's crisis from earlier in the day averted?
(a) He makes up with his wife.
(b) He goes to hospital.
(c) He throws up.
(d) He doesn't go through with it.

2. How does Oscar reassure the other players as they leave?
(a) Tell them he ties Felix up so he can't hurt himself.
(b) Tell them he takes Felix to the hospital.
(c) Remind them that Felix is all talk.
(d) Tell them Felix spends the night at Oscar's.

3. Where does Vinnie say he is going the morning after the first poker game?
(a) California.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Ontario.
(d) Florida.

4. What does the couples therapist call Felix?
(a) A lunatic.
(b) A fool.
(c) A kind man.
(d) A good provider.

5. What is the weather outside like at the beginning of the play?
(a) Warm and breezy.
(b) Humid.
(c) Cool and dry.
(d) Frigid.

Short Answer Questions

1. During Oscar and Felix's first conversation alone, Felix jumps up and does what?

2. What are the other poker players worried Felix does?

3. How does Felix feel about his wife at the beginning of the play?

4. When Felix arrives at Oscar's apartment for the poker game, the other players decide to do what?

5. What illness does Felix have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Felix obsessed with? Why do you think this is?

2. What happens to Felix the morning before the play begins, and why is this especially traumatic to Felix?

3. Why does Oscar offer to let Felix move in?

4. What do the Pigeon sisters look like, and how do they act?

5. What do Roy and Murray say when Frances first calls, and what does this reveal about their attitudes towards women?

6. Why is Felix reluctant to go on a date, and why does he eventually agree to do it?

7. What does Oscar demand that Felix does right before leaves?

8. Why is this play called "The Odd Couple"?

9. Why is Speed upset with the state of the apartment during the second poker game?

10. Why is Felix upset when Oscar arrives the night of their date with the Pigeon sisters?

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