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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. About what are Ed and Arnold talking at the opening of this scene?
(a) About a man Arnold has started dating.
(b) About a man Ed has started dating.
(c) Ed broaches the idea of Arnold and Ed getting back together.
(d) About David's adoption.

2. What does Arnold respond to Ed's inquiry about a possible relationship?
(a) Arnold encourages Ed to return to Laurel.
(b) Arnold pretends not to hear Ed.
(c) Arnold says he is already interested in someone else.
(d) Arnold says it will be a cold day in hell before he'd consider Ed as a lover.

3. What does Arnold say happened to Alan?
(a) Alan died during surgery for injuries he suffered in a car accident.
(b) Alan had been killed in the street by some young men who hate homosexuals.
(c) Alan developed AIDS and died.
(d) Alan didn't really die; he ran off with another man and Arnold just thinks of Alan as dead.

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

5. What is Alan's response to Arnold's declaration?
(a) Anger.
(b) Part disbelief.
(c) Relief.
(d) Indifference.

Short Answer Questions

1. What characters the apartment and why did they leave?

2. How does Mrs. Beckoff act this morning?

3. What does Arthur suggest may be in the audience that night?

4. What is the relationship between Arnold and the person he is taking with him to Ed and Laurel's?

5. Who is trying to awaken Arnold?

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