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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. Burton explains his work is about the wives of ____________ and the longing they experience.
(a) Sailors.
(b) Gay men.
(c) Dancers.
(d) Athletes.

2. Pale begins to talk about his friend _______ who is a bartender, though Anna is not interested in this topic.
(a) Tony.
(b) Andy.
(c) Ray.
(d) Roger.

3. What has Anna signed up for since she wants to purge her body of all of the movements that she has been teaching?
(a) Writing class.
(b) Math class.
(c) Yoga class.
(d) Dance class.

4. What did another car do to Pale as he pulled into a space before coming up to see Anna?
(a) Hit him.
(b) Flash his lights.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Honk at him.

5. Anna decides it is far too early to go to _______________ and Larry agrees with her.
(a) The store.
(b) Wake.
(c) The graveyard.
(d) Bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where has Burton just arrived, having just ended his trip there to come back to see Anna?

2. What is the look that Anna ascribes to the men in Robbie's family, though they all sort of look like him, too?

3. What did Pale threaten the other driver that he would do if the other driver didn't back off?

4. Larry decides to tell Anna about the Christmas card he has to design for _____________.

5. Pale is suddenly distracted by his __________, which are new so he takes them off as he has gotten hot in that area of his body.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Burton have to say in response to Pale's comment/question about whether she is sleeping with Burton, too?

2. Why are Pale's wife and kids in Coral Gables and not with him in his life in town?

3. What holiday is it when the second act of the play begins at 2:00AM?

4. When Pale meets Larry, he says that he does not remember seeing Larry at the wake. What does Larry respond?

5. According to Pale, why does he hate messages and small pieces of paper?

6. Why is Anna angry, as she admits to Larry after Larry tells her that he can not stop thinking about Robbie?

7. What does Larry reveal he has been doing that evening while Anna and Burton were at their social engagement?

8. What does Larry remind Burton about the money that Burton receives for the scripts he writers?

9. When Anna asks Pale how he could marry someone he felt nothing for, how does he respond?

10. What is Burton's profession, as revealed at the start of the play?

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