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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. What does the stranger do when Arnold tries to talk?
(a) The stranger replies that he is deaf.
(b) Jokes around with Arnold.
(c) Arnold is too scared to talk.
(d) Slaps Arnold.

2. One is the main action in this scene?
(a) The arrival of two other young couples and subsequent confusion.
(b) The revelation that Arnold and Ed plan to sneak off to have sex.
(c) An exploration of the relationship between each person of the two couples.
(d) The harmony of the four getting along to create dinner.

3. With whom does Laurel live?
(a) Jacs.
(b) Alan.
(c) Murray.
(d) Ed.

4. What is the setting at the opening of the play?
(a) A dressing room.
(b) A New York City apartment.
(c) The vatican.
(d) San Francisco.

5. With what is Ed conflicted?
(a) Whether to move to New York.
(b) His homosexulity.
(c) He has no real conflicts at the moment.
(d) Whether to quit his job.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What style is the dialogue in this scene?

3. Who is at home?

4. Who sings from another part of the stage?

5. What is the response to the question?

(see the answer key)

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