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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fugue in a Nursery: Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Arnold admit to himself?
(a) That he only liked Ed for the sex.
(b) That he actually finds Ed quite obnoxious.
(c) That he loves Ed.
(d) That he does not want to go back to Ed and risk getting hurt again.

2. What does the stranger do when Arnold tries to talk?
(a) Jokes around with Arnold.
(b) Slaps Arnold.
(c) Arnold is too scared to talk.
(d) The stranger replies that he is deaf.

3. At what does Ed hint?
(a) The desire for a reconciliation with Arnold.
(b) That he needs to borrow a large sum of money from Arnold.
(c) That his is about to marry.
(d) That he has been tested HIV positive.

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

5. Who does Ed say he dates?
(a) Only Oriental women.
(b) Women as well as men.
(c) No one.
(d) Only men.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ed respond when he answers the phone?

2. What is the setting at the opening of the play?

3. About what is Arnold still hurt?

4. About what is Ed evasive?

5. With whom is Arnold talking?

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