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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 garbage dominates the apartment at the beginning of the play?
(a) Plastic cups.
(b) Napkins and paper towels.
(c) Pizza boxes.
(d) Fast food wrappers.

2. Where is The Odd Couple set?
(a) New York City.
(b) Sacramento.
(c) Washington, D.C.
(d) Dallas.

3. What illness does Felix have?
(a) A broken leg.
(b) Sinus problems.
(c) Migraine headaches.
(d) Heart palpitations.

4. When Felix arrives at Oscar's apartment for the poker game, the other players decide to do what?
(a) Pretend that everything is normal.
(b) Confront Felix about his marital problems.
(c) Through a party for Felix.
(d) Play a prank on Felix.

5. Oscar says that Felix reacts badly to his divorce because Felix is:
(a) Angry.
(b) Panicky.
(c) Passionate.
(d) Lively.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is the most concerned about playing poker instead of talking?

2. What does Felix do the last time he is in a great deal of pain?

3. Why do the poker players have trouble playing at the beginning of the play?

4. What major event happens to Oscar before the play starts?

5. What does Felix mention that he and Frances are planning to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When Felix says that he is nervous about the date, how does Oscar respond?

3. What embarrassing thing does Oscar do when the Pigeon sisters arrive, and what does this suggest about Oscar?

4. Why do the poker players think that Felix is in danger of hurting himself?

5. What does Felix do to get rid of his sinus problems, and what does this reveal about Felix?

6. When the Pigeon sisters arrive with Felix, what do they say to Oscar?

7. What happens to Felix's dinner, and why?

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

9. When the Murray, Speed, Vinnie, and Roy leave the first poker game, what do they say, and how does Oscar reassure them?

10. After Felix and Oscar argue in the second act, what does Oscar offer as a solution to help Felix?

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