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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Laurel on the day after the weekend that Alan and Arnold visited Ed and her?
(a) Asleep in bed still.
(b) In New York City.
(c) In the barn.
(d) In Boston.

2. What does David hope about Ed and Arnold?
(a) That they will not let Mrs. Beckoff live there.
(b) That they will not start a relationship.
(c) That they will rekindle their relationship.
(d) David expresses no particular thoughts about Arnold and Ed.

3. Where is Laurel visiting Arnold?
(a) At a sushi bar.
(b) At the club where Arnold is preparing to go onstage.
(c) At Arnold's home.
(d) In the gay bar, International.

4. What is a codetta?
(a) An addition to something already complete.
(b) A secret message.
(c) The way a spy finds his mark.
(d) A link between the entries of a subject.

5. Of what do both couples agree?
(a) That they should split up.
(b) That their individual relationships are honest and open.
(c) That love is not reliable.
(d) That they should swap partners sexually for a night.

6. Why does Laurel say she is not inviting Alan and Arnold to her parent's home?
(a) There is limited space.
(b) They live too far away.
(c) Her parents hate gay men.
(d) She does not say.

7. Why did Ed call Arnold's bedroom what he did?
(a) Because it was so cozy and comfortable.
(b) Because Arnold had a collection of adult movies on the shelf in the bedroom.
(c) Because Arnold was so sloppy.
(d) Because there were glowing stars on the ceiling.

8. What does Laurel admit about the weekend?
(a) That it has not gone as she planned.
(b) That she wishes it had never happened.
(c) That it was too short.
(d) That it was one of the best in a long time.

9. What gets in the way of Laurel's plans for the weekend?
(a) It rained and so they couldn't play tennis.
(b) Laurel had no plans; she is just living the weekend as it unfolds.
(c) Arnold bringing Alan along.
(d) Arnold did not want to become a father.

10. What has Laurel done?
(a) Re-decorated the master bath.
(b) Gotten pregnant by Arnold.
(c) Left Ed.
(d) Called Arnold.

11. To what does Arnold compare the loss of Alan?
(a) Like losing one's own life.
(b) He makes no comparison because nothing can compare to the loss of Alan.
(c) Losing a dog with whom Arnold grew up.
(d) Arnold's grief over losing Alan is comparable to his mother's grief over losing her husband.

12. What is the day when this act opens?
(a) Sunday night.
(b) A year later.
(c) Two months later.
(d) Monday morning.

13. What characters the apartment and why did they leave?
(a) Ed and Mrs. Beckoff left to go to the lawyer's office.
(b) Ed and Mrs. Beckoff left to give Arnold a chance to talk to David about the adoption.
(c) Ed and Arnold left to have privacy.
(d) David and Ed have left the apartment so that Arnold and Mrs. Beckoff can have some privacy.

14. What conversational technique is continued in this scene?
(a) Just thoughts in each character's mind.
(b) A round-robin technique.
(c) Fugue style overlap.
(d) Indirect quoting.

15. What do Laurel and Ed do despite the presence of Alan and Arnold?
(a) Have Ed's parents over for brunch.
(b) Go off to play tennis.
(c) Continue their Sunday morning schedule.
(d) Make love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Arnold sing after Laurel leaves?

2. Where is Alan?

3. What crisis that was just emerging during the writing of this play did the author seem to have in mind when writing this play?

4. What does David encourage Ed to do and what is Ed's response?

5. How might one characterize Laurel's motive for inviting Arnold over for the weekend?

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