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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. What couple is conversing at the same time as Arnold and Alan?
(a) Murray and Jacs.
(b) Ed and Laurel.
(c) Arnold and Laurel.
(d) None.

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

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

4. What is the name of the singer on the stage?
(a) Lady Blues.
(b) Katz.
(c) Jacs.
(d) Laurel.

5. What does Arnold do in order to have some time to think over Ed and his relationship?
(a) Asks Ed to contact him in a few weeks.
(b) Tells Ed he has to talk to his astrologer again about their relationship.
(c) Asks Ed to go get the car.
(d) Tells Ed to meet him outside the back but leaves out the front.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who plays a drag queen in this scene?

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

3. How much time has passed since the last scene?

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

5. Why is Mrs. Beckoff coming to visit Arnold?

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