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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Widows and Children First: Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are onstage at the opening of this scene?
(a) Laurel, Ed, Arnold, and Alan.
(b) No one.
(c) Ed and Arnold.
(d) Alan and Ed.

2. Who is described as having boyish charms?
(a) Ed.
(b) Murray.
(c) Arnold.
(d) Alan.

3. What does each person begin to question?
(a) The loyalty and depth of love of his or her lover.
(b) If love can be wrong.
(c) Whether coming together was a good idea.
(d) Why he or she loves their partner.

4. What is the main content of the monologue?
(a) Frustrations at the lack of true love.
(b) A list of reason why the talker is about to commit suicide.
(c) A plea for political action for gay rights.
(d) A diatribe agains homosexuals.

5. Of what does Arnold sing after Laurel leaves?
(a) A torch song about meeting the perfect man.
(b) A torch song about beauty and the beast.
(c) Nothing; he is too upset to go onstage.
(d) A torch song about the end of an affair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the singer finish singing?

2. Where is Laurel visiting Arnold?

3. What is Ed's solution to his conflict?

4. What does the author seem to be revealing in this scene?

5. What are Arnold and Alan more resistant to than eating breakfast?

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