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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is The Odd Couple set?

2. How does Felix drop clues that all is not right?

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

4. Why does Felix say that he is not going to try to hurt himself the night after the first poker game?

5. How much does Oscar save while he is married?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the conflict between Felix and Oscar resolved at the end of the play?

2. When Felix and Oscar argue in the second act, why is Oscar upset with Felix?

3. How do the other poker players respond to the news that Oscar has thrown Felix out, and why?

4. When Oscar gets angry with Felix after the second poker game, how does Felix respond?

5. How does Felix ruin the date with the Pigeon sisters?

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

7. How does Felix change the nature of the poker game the second time they play?

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

9. What do the poker players talk about during the last game, and why?

10. What are each of the Pigeon sisters' marriages like, and why do they end?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the marriages and divorces of Oscar and Felix, and analyze what these events reveal about them as characters.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze how the setting of The Odd Couple influences the story.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the basic elements of a plot, and give detailed examples of those elements from The Odd Couple.

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