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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the time frame of this setting?
(a) A year after Arnold's visit to Laurel and Ed.
(b) Three days after Arnold's visit to Laurel and Ed.
(c) Just at sunrise.
(d) The evening of the first day of Arnold and Alan's visit with Laurel and Ed.

2. What does the singer finish singing?
(a) A rap song.
(b) A jazz song.
(c) There is no singer in this scene.
(d) A ballad.

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

4. What is the setting at the opening of the play?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) A New York City apartment.
(c) The vatican.
(d) A dressing room.

5. 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 will do so.
(d) That he cannot emotionally handle a visit.

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

7. What is annoying to Arnold about his conversation with Ed?
(a) That Ed does not acknowledge Arnold's hurt.
(b) The fact that Ed tries to kiss Arnold in the middle of the conversation.
(c) That Ed keeps talking about Laurel.
(d) Ed's conflicted state of mind.

8. Who are onstage at the opening of this scene?
(a) Ed and Arnold.
(b) Laurel, Ed, Arnold, and Alan.
(c) Alan and Ed.
(d) No one.

9. Of what could the bed setting be symbolic?
(a) That they are all bored and need to sleep.
(b) That they would each like to be sexually partnered with someone else.
(c) There is no real symbolism to the bed setting.
(d) It could be symbolic of the intimacy of the characters with each other.

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

11. How often does Lady sing a torch song?
(a) Never.
(b) After each actor speaks.
(c) Between each scene.
(d) Only once at the beginning of the play.

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

13. What is the relationship between Ed and Arnold?
(a) They are best friends.
(b) They are co-workers.
(c) They do not actually know each other.
(d) They are lovers.

14. What has taken Ed by surprise?
(a) That Arnold is involved with someone new.
(b) That Arnold has lost 30 pounds.
(c) That he knew Alan in elementary school.
(d) That Laurel and Alan are cousins.

15. About what is Ed evasive?
(a) That he knows about Arnold's infidelity.
(b) That he plans to break up with Arnold.
(c) That he is seeing someone else.
(d) That his parents are there.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Arnold express to Ed about their relationship?

4. What style is the dialogue in this scene?

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

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