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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. What do May and George think of Jerry's news?

2. What is George happily doing as this scene opens?

3. What is THE JAZZ SINGER?

4. What does this person that May encounters think about the trio's diction school idea?

5. Where are the three headed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do they feel about the trip?

2. Describe how everyone feels on the set.

3. Who does May recognize?

4. What makes Vail decide to leave?

5. What does Vail tell George?

6. How does George feel about himself? What does Glogauer settle in to watch?

7. What has Jerry done to the trio?

8. Describe Jerry.

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

10. What happens the closer they get to Los Angeles?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Geroge launches into Vail's speech.

Part 1) Describe Vail's speech.

Part 2) What is Mr. Glogauer's reaction to this speech? Are you surprised by his reaction? Why or why not?

Part 3) What are your thoughts on George using Vail's speech? Should he have done this? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

George's presence is felt everywhere in the last scene.

Part 1) How do you know this?

Part 2) How does this add to the humor of the play?

Part 3) What does this say about people like George?

Essay Topic 3

The play takes place at the onset of talking pictures.

Part 1) How could audiences in the 1930s relate to this setting?

Part 2) Can audiences today find relevance in this setting? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does this change in movie making show the ingenuity and creativity of the characters in the play, as well as people from the time the play was written?

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