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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. Where do Gould and Fox go to lunch?
(a) The Ivy.
(b) The Coventry.
(c) Real Food Daily.
(d) Musso and Frank's.

2. What does promote mean in the film business?
(a) Get someone to make a movie.
(b) Pass duties to someone else.
(c) Give someone a raise.
(d) Kiss a leading lady.

3. At the beginning of Act One, Gould feels everyone in town wants what?
(a) His head on a platter.
(b) To humiliate him.
(c) To promote him.
(d) His wife.

4. What does Gould reveal to Fox at the beginning of Act One?
(a) He is illiterate.
(b) His promotion.
(c) He is ill.
(d) His wife is leaving him.

5. What does Gould call himself due to his job?
(a) "A Money Milk Cow".
(b) "The Dumb Servant".
(c) "A Big Whore".
(d) "The Star Maker".

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Act One, what is Bobby Gould doing when Charlie arrives?

2. What is Karen's title at the beginning of the play?

3. How many things does Gould claim to have learned in the film industry?

4. What does Gould tell Fox the movie business should be?

5. What does Fox think Gould plans to do with his secretary before lunch?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the irony of the secretary who does not know how to complete the simplest tasks. What does this represent?

2. In Act 2, Gould speaks of a connection shared between him and Karen but is being insincere. Why?

3. What is Fox's response when Gould reveals he has changed his mind about producing Fox's film?

4. After Gould offers Karen a job at the studio and she says she wants only to work on "Radiation . . ." why is Gould confused?

5. What does Fox say worried him all night before his meeting with Ross, and why is it ironic?

6. Why does Karen feel that the real reason is for Gould turning down the film "Radiation . . ."?

7. Why does the final scene between Gould and Fox become violent?

8. In Act 3, Fox reveals his relationship with Gould to have been what?

9. In Act Two, Karen tells Gould about a time when she felt empowered. What was this experience like for her?

10. What comment about prayer did Gould make as a joke that Karen took seriously?

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