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Tom Stoppard, The Real Inspector Hound
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Reading Questions
Text on p. 1326 of the full Ninth Edition and p. 1058 of the shorter Ninth Edition.
Reading Questions
1. Were you surprised when Birdboot and Moon entered into the action of the murder mystery that they were reviewing? What did you expect to happen instead?
2. Were you surprised by the ending? Was there any foreshadowing that the play would end as it did? How does the word "real" in the title suggest that there might also be a "false" Inspector Hound? Make a list of what remains confusing or unexplained at the end. Does everything in the play "make sense"?
3. Did the murder mystery remind you of any stories or characters that you have seen on television or in the movies? Have you ever read a novel or short story with a plot, setting, or characters like those in the murder mystery?
4. What do you know about theater or movie critics? How would you expect a theater critic to talk and behave? Do Birdboot and Moon match your expectations? Do Birdboot and Moon seem like realistic representations of typical critics?
5. Reviewers of this play often refer to it as a "farce." In what specific ways was it farcical? Did you laugh at times?
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