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1. Michael Caine plays Sidney Bruhl, a playwright who was once famous for writing successful Broadway "thrillers". Which of the following is NOT the name of one of his plays?
2. After the disastrous opening night of his new Broadway play, Sidney drunkenly takes the train home, to upstate New York. Where does he live?
3. Sidney explains to his wife Myra (Dyan Cannon) that he has received in the mail a play from a young man named Clifford Anderson, and at first, Sidney thinks that he remembers Clifford as an obese student from a college seminar that he once taught. A bit later in the film, though, Sidney tells Myra that he's misremembered, and that the obese student he was thinking of was someone else entirely. Sidney struggles to remember this other student's unusual name, but is onlt sure of the first letter of that name. What's the first letter of this student's name?
4. Myra Bruhl has a debilitating medical condition. What is it?
5. After Sidney apparently kills Clifford Anderson (Christopher Reeve), he tells Myra that he plans to conceal the body right on their own property. Where?
6. Once Myra is dead, Sidney and Clifford begin their new life together. Clifford is hard at work on a new play, which he claims is based on his experiences in a previous job. Where was Clifford's alleged job?
7. Sidney's lawyer, Porter Milgrim (Henry Jones), immediately realizes that Clifford Anderson is a homosexual.
8. Once Sidney figures out that Clifford might not be as trustworthy as he originally thought, he asks Clifford a few questions about his shady past. Fill in the missing word in Sidney's final question:
SIDNEY: "Did any of the social workers, the shrinks...did any of them ever use the word..."
CLIFFORD: "What word, love?"
SIDNEY: "____________________."
9. Helga Ten Dorp (Irene Worth), the neighborhood psychic -- and yes, I know how weird that sounds -- tells the Bruhls that she will soon be appearing on a televised talk show. Who's the host of the show in question?
10. As Helga walks around the Bruhls' house just after the apparent murder of Clifford Anderson, her ESP gives her quite a few hints about what had just happened...and what is yet to come. One of the most powerful visions she gets leads her to ask Sidney and Myra if they know a certain man. Later in the film, Helga realizes that that particular vision wasn't referencing a man at all, but an inanimate object. What was the object?
11. After Myra's death, Porter informs Sidney how much money he stands to gain from her estate and life insurance policy. How much is it?
12. Sidney's study doubles as an arsenal of sorts. With which weapon does he mortally wound Clifford at the end of the film?
13. After Myra's death, Helga pays a visit on Sidney, ostensibly to borrow something. What does she ask to borrow?
14. What is unusual about the hat that Helga wears throughout the film?
15. What is the last line of the film?
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