Torch Song Trilogy Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Torch Song Trilogy Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ed respond when he answers the phone?
(a) He is wary.
(b) He lets the phone ring.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He is excited.

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

3. What does Arnold admit to himself?
(a) That he actually finds Ed quite obnoxious.
(b) That he only liked Ed for the sex.
(c) That he does not want to go back to Ed and risk getting hurt again.
(d) That he loves Ed.

4. What is another topic that Arthur shares when he is talking onstage?
(a) Why his mother is so supportive of him.
(b) His characteristics of the ideal man.
(c) What is the perfect lipstick for a drag queen and why.
(d) The reasons he had an unhappy childhood.

5. What is the backroom of a gay bar?
(a) Where the poker games go on.
(b) Where intimate homosexual encounters occur.
(c) Where they show videos.
(d) Where there is a massage parlour.

6. What is Laurel's knowledge of the fact that Ed and Arnold were once lovers?
(a) She has often suspected it but does not know for sure.
(b) She has no suspician about it whatsoever.
(c) She is aware of the fact.
(d) It is not made clear how much she knows.

7. What is the response to the question?
(a) The vents are uncomfortable but warm.
(b) The person does not know the answer.
(c) The water was never off.
(d) There is no gin for a Tom Collins.

8. What does Arnold aver to Alan?
(a) That he will always love Ed.
(b) That he is monogamous.
(c) That there is nothing between Arnold and Ed.
(d) That he has never had an STD.

9. What does Murray want Arnold to do?
(a) To jump off the Golden Gate bridge for his suicide.
(b) To drive with him to Mexico City.
(c) To go home and try to sleep off the drugs he took.
(d) Go to the back room.

10. What does Arnold think of the gay bar scene?
(a) That he has met some wonderful friends there.
(b) That it is a great place for sex.
(c) That it is is humiliating and degrading.
(d) That he goes for the music.

11. What does Arnold express to Ed about their relationship?
(a) That he wishes Ed had come back sooner because Arnold is now in another relationship.
(b) That Ed would return but also that Ed would have more clarity on the direction of his personal life.
(c) That he never really wants to see Ed again.
(d) That is could be a lifelong commitment.

12. Who calls Arnold?
(a) Ed.
(b) Arnold's parents.
(c) Laurel.
(d) Jacs.

13. What reveals Arnold's remaining hurt over the end of the relationship?
(a) Nothing; Arnold is determined that Ed not see his hurt.
(b) That Arnold won't see Ed.
(c) Arnold's cool response to Ed.
(d) The fact that Arnold slaps Ed.

14. What does Murray look like?
(a) He is not onstage, so the audience does not know.
(b) He is short with a bit of a paunch around the middle.
(c) He is buffed and quite handsome.
(d) He is medium height, balding and wears glasses.

15. Who is jealous of Alan?
(a) Ed.
(b) Arnold.
(c) Laurel.
(d) Murray.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why will Ed not introduce Arnold to his parents?

2. How long has it been since Ed and Arnold last met?

3. Where is the person with whom Arnold converses?

4. Who sings from another part of the stage?

5. How is the person trying to awaken Arnold?

(see the answer keys)

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