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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What crisis that was just emerging during the writing of this play did the author seem to have in mind when writing this play?
(a) The invasion of Poland.
(b) None.
(c) AIDS.
(d) The Cuban Missle Crisis.

2. Upon what do all four characters on stage agree?
(a) That Arnold and Alan love each other.
(b) That it's time to get up and have some dinner.
(c) That there is no explaining the complexities of love.
(d) That there is always one person who loves one more than the other.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What might be a theme of this particularly scene?

2. What do Arnold and Ed manage to do?

3. Who does David respect tremendously?

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

5. How does Laurel say she met Ed?

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