1. Why does Marx begin with "Apparently"? 2. Why does he say he had no idea that the city of Casablanca belonged to
Warner Bros.?
3. What is the effect of Groucho's short history of Casablanca (para. 2)?
4. Would it really be difficult to distinguish between Ingrid Bergman and
Harpo Marx (para. 3)?
5. Why does Marx offer so many examples of “Brothers” (para. 4)?
6. What is the effect of the parenthetical story about “Brother, Can You Spare
a Dime" (para. 4)?
7. Why does Marx bring up Luther Burbank's experiments with fruits and
vegetables (para. 7)?
8. Why does Marx qualify his statement that he loves Warners (para. 9) with
"Some of my best friends are Warner Brothers"?
9. Why does Marx suggest that the source of Warner Bros. concerns about
his film come from an ambitious young lawyer, referring to him as a “pasty-
faced legal adventurer” (para. 10)?