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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the relationship between Arnold and the person he is taking with him to Ed and Laurel's?
(a) Arnold is not taking anyone with him.
(b) They are lovers.
(c) They are first cousins.
(d) They are siblings.

3. What is probably the predominant emotion Arthur displays in this scene?
(a) Bewilderment.
(b) Anger.
(c) Hope.
(d) Indifference.

4. What does Laurel want?
(a) To ask for Ed's baby pictures back.
(b) To see if Arnold knows where Ed is.
(c) To issue an invitation to Arnold.
(d) To tell Arnold that Ed has died.

5. Where are all of the characters in the opening of this scene?
(a) It is not obvious where they are.
(b) In the audience at the opera.
(c) In the produce section of the open-air market.
(d) On the bed.

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

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

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

9. What does Arnold prefer at the moment?
(a) Sleep to play.
(b) Work to sleep.
(c) His privacy.
(d) A gin tonic.

10. How much time has passed since scene 2?
(a) Four months.
(b) A year.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Four days.

11. Where is Arnold at the opening of this scene?
(a) At home.
(b) In a church service.
(c) The International Stud gay bar.
(d) The hospital.

12. At what does Ed hint?
(a) That he has been tested HIV positive.
(b) That he needs to borrow a large sum of money from Arnold.
(c) That his is about to marry.
(d) The desire for a reconciliation with Arnold.

13. What is the main content of the monologue?
(a) A diatribe agains homosexuals.
(b) A plea for political action for gay rights.
(c) A list of reason why the talker is about to commit suicide.
(d) Frustrations at the lack of true love.

14. Who is described as having boyish charms?
(a) Ed.
(b) Arnold.
(c) Alan.
(d) Murray.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How could Arnold's emotion be described when he is in the back room?

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

3. What has taken Ed by surprise?

4. What does Murray look like?

5. About what is Ed evasive?

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