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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Widows and Children First: Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the opening, where do the lights shine?
(a) On Ed Reiss.
(b) To the left side of the stage on a statue.
(c) The stage gets dark.
(d) Over the audience.

2. Why is the backroom dark?
(a) Because people are embarrassed to undress for a massage.
(b) So the video is clear.
(c) For anonymity.
(d) So the blacklight is effective.

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

4. How is the lighting arranged in this scene?
(a) It is a red strobe light.
(b) Lighting is not specified.
(c) It focuses only on the speaking character.
(d) It is totally dark.

5. What is the day when this act opens?
(a) A year later.
(b) Two months later.
(c) Monday morning.
(d) Sunday night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ed ask the person with whom he is conversing?

2. How might Laurel have worked it out that her plan had been more successful?

3. Who is waiting for a phone call from Ed?

4. Why will Ed not introduce Arnold to his parents?

5. What is Ed reading?

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