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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Ed say he dates?
(a) No one.
(b) Women as well as men.
(c) Only men.
(d) Only Oriental women.

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

4. What is Arnold's decision about visiting Laurel?
(a) That he won't visit them but invites them to visit him.
(b) That he will give it more thought and may come in a month or two.
(c) That he cannot emotionally handle a visit.
(d) That he will do so.

5. How is the character Ed Reiss described?
(a) As tall and with a pockmarked face.
(b) As a race car driver turned bartender.
(c) As having an obviously bad headache.
(d) As a homosexual man.

6. What style is the dialogue in this scene?
(a) Antiphonic.
(b) Metaphorical.
(c) Harmoniuos.
(d) Like a fugue.

7. Who sings from another part of the stage?
(a) A torch singer.
(b) Edward.
(c) Laurel.
(d) No one.

8. What is the setting at the opening of this scene?
(a) A huge bed.
(b) The opera.
(c) The open-air market.
(d) A barn.

9. Over what does Ed feel discomfort?
(a) Nothing; Ed is quite relaxed.
(b) That Arnold has brought Alan.
(c) That Alan has made a pass at Laurel.
(d) That Laurel made flan when Ed told her that Arnold was allergic to it.

10. What is Ed's solution to his conflict?
(a) To start a job search while still holding on to his other job.
(b) To do nothing.
(c) To buy a book about New York.
(d) To date a woman.

11. Where does Laurel live?
(a) A farmhouse in upstate New York.
(b) In Manhattan.
(c) In Nebraska.
(d) In San Francisco.

12. Who is trying to awaken Arnold?
(a) Laurel.
(b) Murray.
(c) Ed.
(d) Alan.

13. Where is the person with whom Arnold converses?
(a) Sitting next to Arnold.
(b) In the bathroom stall next to Arnold.
(c) Not in front of Arnold.
(d) Behind the bar.

14. With whom does Laurel live?
(a) Murray.
(b) Ed.
(c) Jacs.
(d) Alan.

15. Why does Arnold go to the gay bar?
(a) He likes the drinks.
(b) For the anonymous sex.
(c) It is the only sure place to find other homosexual men.
(d) He has only been to a gay bar once.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is waiting for a phone call from Ed?

2. What character is the first to appear?

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

4. What is a stranger doing to Arnold?

5. What is the purpose of the way the lighting is done?

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