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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 does Felix feel about his wife at the beginning of the play?
(a) He hates her.
(b) He resents her.
(c) He cares for her, but not romantically.
(d) He still loves her.
2. Why do the men gather to play poker every week?
(a) They have nothing else to do.
(b) They are friends.
(c) They all live in the same building.
(d) They do not know.
3. Which character is the most concerned about playing poker instead of talking?
(a) Oscar.
(b) Murray.
(c) Speed.
(d) Roy.
4. 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 Felix spends the night at Oscar's.
(c) Remind them that Felix is all talk.
(d) Tell them he takes Felix to the hospital.
5. Felix says that his divorce is hardest on who?
(a) His wife.
(b) His parents.
(c) His children.
(d) Himself.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Felix's wife's name?
2. What major event happens to Oscar before the play starts?
3. What is wrong with the atmosphere in Oscar's apartment when the play starts?
4. What does Oscar primarily drink?
5. How much does Oscar save while he is married?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Felix bring the Pigeon sisters to Oscar's apartment at the end of the play?
2. Why does the second poker game break up?
3. Why does Oscar's wife leave him?
4. What does Oscar tell the other poker players to do in the last line of the play, and what does this show about Oscar?
5. When the first scene of the second act opens, what does Felix do to Oscar's apartment?
6. What does Murray say as he leaves the second poker game, and why is this ironic?
7. How is the conflict between Felix and Oscar resolved at the end of the play?
8. Where does Speed suggest that Felix may be in the first scene, and why is this humorous?
9. Why do you think the poker players banter back and forth so much during the first poker game?
10. What embarrassing thing does Oscar do when the Pigeon sisters arrive, and what does this suggest about Oscar?
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