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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. The setting of this scene has a _________ interior.

2. For whom is Susan perfect?

3. Who joins Helen with the compliments and flattery towards this very important person?

4. Who does George meet, while traveling across the continent with the trio?

5. What is the name of the person George meets?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the playwrights show about the film industry?

2. What does George tell Susan as the scene opens?

3. What is fortunate for the trio, regarding who May encounters on the trip?

4. Where does this scene take place?

5. Who has a good idea? What is this idea? What do the others think about the idea?

6. Describe George at this point in the play.

7. Who does May recognize?

8. Who does George meet? Describe this person.

9. What is May doing at the beginning of the scene?

10. What does a bellboy announce?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jerry, May, and George are centered with their priorities intact.

Part 1) Why might this be surprising?

Part 2) What message are the playwrights sending to the audience through the behaviors of these three characters?

Part 3) How does this reinforce one of the themes of this play?

Essay Topic 2

The characters travel by train several times.

Part 1) What are the purposes of these train rides?

Part 2) How does this frequent movement on the train reflect life in Los Angeles?

Part 3) How does the ease of traveling coast to coast and the advent of talkies reflect the changes in American life and culture?

Essay Topic 3

George produces the wrong movie.

Part 1) Describe the scene in which this is discovered.

Part 2) For what is this an analogy?

Part 3) What might be the playwrights' opinions of those with power, based on this play?

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