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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. When Paul enters the scene, where does he announce that he attends school with the Kittredges' daughter?
(a) Harvard
(b) Yale
(c) Cornell
(d) Groton

2. What movie does Paul mention won Sidney Poitier his only Oscar?
(a) In the Heat of the Night
(b) Lillies of the Field
(c) To Sir With Love
(d) Guess Who's COming to Dinner

3. What film option does Flan think may be a nice alternative for Paul's father's movie?
(a) Animation
(b) Black and white
(c) 3-D
(d) Silent

4. What article of clothing does Flan look at and think of Van Gogh?
(a) A hat
(b) His ties
(c) His shoes
(d) His sport coat

5. At the end of this section, Flan compares not thinking about two million dollars to trying not to think of what animal?
(a) A cat
(b) An ostrich
(c) A cow
(d) An elephant

Short Answer Questions

1. To what artist's work does Flan compare his children's paintings in the second grade?

2. What ancient food item does Ouisa say is in the freezer when Paul offers to make dinner?

3. Which of the following fantasy stories is not among the one listed mockingly as "imaginative" in Paul's thesis?

4. What Christian prayer do Flan and Ouisa recite at the beginning of Act 1?

5. Where in New York did the schoolteacher who is the initial subject of Paul's thesis work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What new information does the Detective have when he calls Ouisa and Flan?

2. How does Kitty, Larkin, and the Kittredge's meeting with their children go in this section?

3. Why does the Detective now have a case against Paul at the end of this section?

4. Why is Flan in awe of his children's second grade teacher?

5. How does Guare loop time in this first half of the play?

6. What is Ouisa's essential fear about the fate of Paul of the play?

7. Why does Flan repeatedly try to silence his wife's narration throughout this section?

8. What offer does Paul make the Kittredges regarding dinner?

9. Describe the humorous comparison Ouisa makes regarding Geoffrey's wealth.

10. What is the essence of Paul's thesis?

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