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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 does each couple enjoy?
(a) Sex with more than one partner.
(b) Cooking out.
(c) Watching XXX-rated movies.
(d) The mix of freedom and security derived from their respective partners.

2. When does Laurel want Arnold to visit?
(a) The upcoming weekend.
(b) Never.
(c) In another month or two once Arnold has had time to process Ed's marriage.
(d) When Arnold can get away.

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

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

5. How might Laurel have worked it out that her plan had been more successful?
(a) To tell Arnold to come alone.
(b) To have known if she was able to get pregnant at that time.
(c) To have reserved the local indoor tennis court.
(d) To invite several other couples with whom Laurel might have found a man to become pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the opening, where do the lights shine?

2. What does Arnold aver to Alan?

3. Who does David respect tremendously?

4. What is the main content of the monologue?

5. How does Arnold try to justify the anonymous encounter?

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