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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what is Mrs. Beckoff concerned?
(a) With Arnold's plans to adopt David.
(b) With whether Arnold is happy.
(c) With the obvious enmity between Ed and David.
(d) With the threat of Arnold contracting HIV.

2. How much time has passed since the last scene?
(a) A week.
(b) One year.
(c) Five years.
(d) Ten years.

3. What is Mrs. Beckoff's main concern about Arnold adopting David?
(a) That Arnold will want Mrs. Beckoff to treat David like a grandson.
(b) That the courts will not approve the adoption and Arnold will be hurt.
(c) That Arnold's lifestyle as inappropriate for raising a child.
(d) That Arnold cannot afford to financially support a child.

4. What is the subject of Ed's reading?
(a) A love affair between an 80-year-old woman and a boy of fifteen.
(b) About the French revolution.
(c) Nothing; he is not reading.
(d) How this new cologne is based on female pheromones.

5. Where do Laurel's parents live?
(a) South America.
(b) New England.
(c) The California coast.
(d) Europe.

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

7. Why does Laurel want Arnold and Alan to rise?
(a) To play doubles in tennis against her and Ed.
(b) To play a pick-up game of basketball.
(c) She does not care if they arise.
(d) To eat breakfast.

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

9. What do Arnold and Alan decide?
(a) That Alan and Ed should be together.
(b) That both need to be tested for HIV since Ed is HIV positive.
(c) That they are better off just friends.
(d) That despite Alan's infidelity, they want to be together.

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

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

12. Why is Arnold angry with Ed?
(a) He is not sympathetic about Alan's death.
(b) He left Arnold to face Arnold's mother alone.
(c) He does not want to have a sexual relationship with Arnold.
(d) He lied to the social worker.

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

14. What is Ed's opinion of the subject matter of what he is reading?
(a) He finds the bloodbath of the French revolution fascinating.
(b) He thinks it's sexy.
(c) He has no opinion since he is not reading.
(d) He thinks the cologne should be based on male pheromones.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the day when this act opens?

2. Why is Mrs. Beckoff coming to visit Arnold?

3. What day of the week is it at the opening of this scene?

4. What do Laurel and Ed do despite the presence of Alan and Arnold?

5. Where is Laurel visiting Arnold?

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