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

Short Answer Questions

1. What song does Leo sing about Ulla in act 2, scene 1?

2. What does Franz demonstrate to the singers and the producers in the audition in act 2, scene 2?

3. Who is leading the chorus girls during act 2, scene 8?

4. What is the musical Max is directing the prisoners in during act 2, scene 8?

5. What do Max and Leo sing about in act 2, scene 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Leo's character develop over the course of the play? What changes in him? What stays the same? Why does he change? Include in your answer points about his friendship with Max, the romance with Ulla, and how Leo left for Rio after their show did not flop.

Essay Topic 2

Franz Liebkind is a strange character for Jewish men such as Max and Leo to be associated. This essay will explore the character of Franz:

Part 1) How is Franz introduced? What is he wearing?

Part 2) What are his feelings about Hitler? What does he hope to accomplish with Springtime for Hitler?

Part 3) What are signs of his mental instability?

Part 4) How does Franz change throughout the course of the play?

Essay Topic 3

Max and Leo are the center of The Producers, particularly the evolution of their friendship and how it changes them. Cite specific examples from the script.

Part 1) Compare and contrast Max and Leo. How are the men similar? How are they different?

Part 2) How does Max and Leo change over the course of the play? Do they change each other? How is this known?

Part 3) How does Leo's abandonment of Max test their friendship? Why Leo leave him?

Part 4) What do each of men teach each other? Do they emerge from their ordeal better people?

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