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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the opening, where do the lights shine?
(a) Over the audience.
(b) To the left side of the stage on a statue.
(c) The stage gets dark.
(d) On Ed Reiss.

2. 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 Cuban Missle Crisis.
(b) None.
(c) AIDS.
(d) The invasion of Poland.

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

4. Of what could the bed setting be symbolic?
(a) That they are all bored and need to sleep.
(b) That they would each like to be sexually partnered with someone else.
(c) There is no real symbolism to the bed setting.
(d) It could be symbolic of the intimacy of the characters with each other.

5. What is the main content of the monologue?
(a) A plea for political action for gay rights.
(b) A list of reason why the talker is about to commit suicide.
(c) A diatribe agains homosexuals.
(d) Frustrations at the lack of true love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of the way the lighting is done?

2. What does each couple enjoy?

3. Who is at home?

4. Whose perspective is revealed in the conversation?

5. Who is jealous of Alan?

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