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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This short scene establishes the potential for a future conflict using a writing technique named what?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Red Herring.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Metaphor.

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

3. How is the person trying to awaken Arnold?
(a) With teasing and flirting.
(b) With a bucket of cold water.
(c)
(d) By yelling in his ear.

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

5. Who is Ed dating?
(a) No one.
(b) Murray.
(c) Laurel.
(d) Jacs.

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

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

8. What character is the first to appear?
(a) Alan.
(b) Ed.
(c) Arnold.
(d) Laurel.

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

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

11. What does Arnold admit to himself?
(a) That he loves Ed.
(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 actually finds Ed quite obnoxious.

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

13. What revelation from Ed hurts Arnold's feelings?
(a) That Ed is going to introduce Laurel to his parents.
(b) That Ed told their best friend, Jacs, that Ed was breaking up with Arnold.
(c) That Ed hates Arnold's cooking.
(d) That Ed is going to Hawaii without Arnold.

14. Who does Arnold plan to bring with him?
(a) Cynthia.
(b) Joe.
(c) No one.
(d) Alan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How often does Lady sing a torch song?

2. How long has it been since Arnold and Ed have ended their relationship?

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

4. Who does Ed say he dates?

5. What reveals Arnold's remaining hurt over the end of the relationship?

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