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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the lighting arranged in this scene?
(a) It is totally dark.
(b) It focuses only on the speaking character.
(c) Lighting is not specified.
(d) It is a red strobe light.

2. Who is jealous of Alan?
(a) Murray.
(b) Arnold.
(c) Laurel.
(d) Ed.

3. With whom does Laurel live?
(a) Jacs.
(b) Murray.
(c) Alan.
(d) Ed.

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

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

6. Who is at home?
(a) Lauren.
(b) Tom.
(c) Arnold.
(d) Ed.

7. What does Murray look like?
(a) He is short with a bit of a paunch around the middle.
(b) He is buffed and quite handsome.
(c) He is medium height, balding and wears glasses.
(d) He is not onstage, so the audience does not know.

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

9. Who is trying to awaken Arnold?
(a) Alan.
(b) Murray.
(c) Laurel.
(d) Ed.

10. Whom does Ed resent?
(a) Laurel.
(b) No one.
(c) Arnold.
(d) Alan.

11. Where are all of the characters in the opening of this scene?
(a) It is not obvious where they are.
(b) On the bed.
(c) In the produce section of the open-air market.
(d) In the audience at the opera.

12. 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.

13. Who is Ed dating?
(a) No one.
(b) Jacs.
(c) Murray.
(d) Laurel.

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

15. What is Arnold's decision about visiting Laurel?
(a) That he cannot emotionally handle a visit.
(b) That he won't visit them but invites them to visit him.
(c) That he will do so.
(d) That he will give it more thought and may come in a month or two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has taken Ed by surprise?

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

3. How does Arnold try to justify the anonymous encounter?

4. Where is the person with whom Arnold converses?

5. With whom does Ed converse?

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