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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Widows and Children First: Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one possible theme in this scene?
(a) Love's long-term effects cannot fully be realized until much later after the initial impact has diminished.
(b) That love is always a temporary state.
(c) That temptation is avoidable through will power.
(d) It is impossible to be monogamous if you are not married.

2. Who visits Arnold backstage after Arnold's performance?
(a) Laurel.
(b) Ed.
(c) Murray.
(d) Jacs.

3. Why does Arnold go to the gay bar?
(a) For the anonymous sex.
(b) It is the only sure place to find other homosexual men.
(c) He has only been to a gay bar once.
(d) He likes the drinks.

4. What is Mrs. Beckoff's main concern about Arnold adopting David?
(a) That Arnold's lifestyle as inappropriate for raising a child.
(b) That the courts will not approve the adoption and Arnold will be hurt.
(c) That Arnold cannot afford to financially support a child.
(d) That Arnold will want Mrs. Beckoff to treat David like a grandson.

5. Where does Laurel live?
(a) A farmhouse in upstate New York.
(b) In San Francisco.
(c) In Manhattan.
(d) In Nebraska.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom is Arnold talking?

2. What does Arnold believe validates Laurel's attraction to gay men?

3. Who does Arnold plan to bring with him?

4. What is the subject of Ed's reading?

5. About what does Laurel seem particularly smug?

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