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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 is probably the predominant emotion Arthur displays in this scene?
(a) Anger.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Bewilderment.
(d) Hope.

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

3. Who sings from another part of the stage?
(a) Edward.
(b) A torch singer.
(c) Laurel.
(d) No one.

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

5. How does Ed feel about Alan?
(a) Happy to meet Laurel's cousin.
(b) Ed is indifferent to Alan.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Interested to pick Alan's brain about music.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Alan?

2. What has taken Ed by surprise?

3. What happens when Arnold bends over to set a beer can down?

4. What does Murray look like?

5. What does Ed think about the weekend visit?

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