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

2. About what is Arnold still hurt?
(a) That Ed cannot share his presence in his life with his parents.
(b) That Ed prefers a woman over him.
(c) That Ed refused to have sex with Arnold one last time.
(d) Arnold is way past any hurt from Ed.

3. This short scene establishes the potential for a future conflict using a writing technique named what?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Red Herring.

4. How might Laurel have worked it out that her plan had been more successful?
(a) To have known if she was able to get pregnant at that time.
(b) To have reserved the local indoor tennis court.
(c) To tell Arnold to come alone.
(d) To invite several other couples with whom Laurel might have found a man to become pregnant.

5. How long has it been since Ed and Arnold last met?
(a) A month.
(b) A year.
(c) Three days.
(d) Ten years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the time frame of this setting?

2. What is the setting at the opening of this scene?

3. Who is described as having boyish charms?

4. Where does Laurel live?

5. Who does Ed say he dates?

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