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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Widows and Children First: Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What revelation from Ed hurts Arnold's feelings?
(a) That Ed is going to introduce Laurel to his parents.
(b) That Ed is going to Hawaii without Arnold.
(c) That Ed told their best friend, Jacs, that Ed was breaking up with Arnold.
(d) That Ed hates Arnold's cooking.

2. What is a stranger doing to Arnold?
(a) Berating him.
(b) Fondling him and opening his pants.
(c) Offering him a line of cocaine.
(d) Handing him a joint with incredible hashish.

3. Of what does Arnold sing after Laurel leaves?
(a) A torch song about meeting the perfect man.
(b) A torch song about beauty and the beast.
(c) A torch song about the end of an affair.
(d) Nothing; he is too upset to go onstage.

4. How is the character Ed Reiss described?
(a) As a race car driver turned bartender.
(b) As a homosexual man.
(c) As having an obviously bad headache.
(d) As tall and with a pockmarked face.

5. What does Arnold say happened to Alan?
(a) Alan had been killed in the street by some young men who hate homosexuals.
(b) Alan developed AIDS and died.
(c) Alan died during surgery for injuries he suffered in a car accident.
(d) Alan didn't really die; he ran off with another man and Arnold just thinks of Alan as dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Laurel want Arnold to visit?

2. What is the relationship between Arnold and the person he is taking with him to Ed and Laurel's?

3. What is the day when this act opens?

4. Why does Laurel want Arnold and Alan to rise?

5. Who is waiting for a phone call from Ed?

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