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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. What does Laurel plan to accomplish over the weekend?
(a) To ascertain if there was still a spark between Arnold and Ed.
(b) She had no particular plans.
(c) To learn how to serve a ball in tennis as well as Arnold can.
(d) To become pregnant by Arnold since Ed is sterile.

4. What does each couple enjoy?
(a) Watching XXX-rated movies.
(b) Cooking out.
(c) The mix of freedom and security derived from their respective partners.
(d) Sex with more than one partner.

5. What might be a theme of this particularly scene?
(a) That one should belong to an indoor tennis club.
(b) That jealousy can occur in gay or straight relationships.
(c) This brief scene really didn't have a particular theme.
(d) That the weekend can be pretty dull without some partner swapping.

6. Why is Arnold adopting David?
(a) Because David is gay.
(b) Because it is a goal that Arnold and Alan shared.
(c) Because David was living on the streets.
(d) Because David is his biological son.

7. 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 Arnold left to have privacy.
(c) Ed and Mrs. Beckoff left to give Arnold a chance to talk to David about the adoption.
(d) David and Ed have left the apartment so that Arnold and Mrs. Beckoff can have some privacy.

8. Who discuss a similar subject of that between Ed and Laurel?
(a) No one.
(b) Alan and Murray.
(c) Alan and Arnold.
(d) Arnold and Laurel.

9. To whom is Ed reading?
(a) Laurel.
(b) Murray.
(c) Arnold.
(d) No one.

10. How might one characterize Laurel's motive for inviting Arnold over for the weekend?
(a) Reluctant.
(b) Devious.
(c) Excited.
(d) Indifferent.

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

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

13. What does Arnold believe validates Laurel's attraction to gay men?
(a) The fact that Ed has told Laurel he is gay and she stays with him.
(b) The pass she makes for Alan.
(c) The fact that Laurel goes to male gay bars frequently.
(d) The fact that Laurel has slept with several gay men.

14. What does Mrs. Beckoff believe at first about David when David arrives?
(a) That David is a biracial child.
(b) That Arnold has taken on an underage lover.
(c) That David should go to a home with a mother and father.
(d) That David is Arnold's biological son.

15. Whom is Laurel calling?
(a) Ed.
(b) Arnold and Alan.
(c) Murray.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Laurel visiting Arnold?

3. About what is Laurel upset?

4. What does each person begin to question?

5. What is Ed reading?

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