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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fugue in a Nursery, Stretto.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Arnold plan to bring with him?
(a) No one.
(b) Alan.
(c) Cynthia.
(d) Joe.

2. What does Laurel want?
(a) To tell Arnold that Ed has died.
(b) To issue an invitation to Arnold.
(c) To see if Arnold knows where Ed is.
(d) To ask for Ed's baby pictures back.

3. What is the backroom of a gay bar?
(a) Where there is a massage parlour.
(b) Where intimate homosexual encounters occur.
(c) Where they show videos.
(d) Where the poker games go on.

4. What style is the dialogue in this scene?
(a) Like a fugue.
(b) Metaphorical.
(c) Harmoniuos.
(d) Antiphonic.

5. How is the character Ed Reiss described?
(a) As tall and with a pockmarked face.
(b) As a race car driver turned bartender.
(c) As a homosexual man.
(d) As having an obviously bad headache.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Arnold aver to Alan?

2. What is a stranger doing to Arnold?

3. How could Arnold's emotion be described when he is in the back room?

4. Where does Laurel live?

5. Whose perspective is revealed in the conversation?

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