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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the singer on the stage?
(a) Lady Blues.
(b) Jacs.
(c) Laurel.
(d) Katz.

2. What does Ed think about the weekend visit?
(a) Arnold had to cancel at the last minute, so there is no visit.
(b) Laurel would not dream of having Arnold visit their home.
(c) He is sorry it is taking place.
(d) Ed does not understand all the commotion over a weekend visit.

3. With whom does Ed converse?
(a) The bartender.
(b) Lauren.
(c) A homeless man.
(d) Arnold.

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

5. Who are onstage at the opening of this scene?
(a) Ed and Arnold.
(b) No one.
(c) Laurel, Ed, Arnold, and Alan.
(d) Alan and Ed.

6. What does Arnold prefer at the moment?
(a) Work to sleep.
(b) Sleep to play.
(c) A gin tonic.
(d) His privacy.

7. What character is the first to appear?
(a) Arnold.
(b) Laurel.
(c) Alan.
(d) Ed.

8. How much time has passed since scene 2?
(a) Ten years.
(b) A year.
(c) Four days.
(d) Four months.

9. How does Ed feel about Alan?
(a) Ed is indifferent to Alan.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Happy to meet Laurel's cousin.
(d) Interested to pick Alan's brain about music.

10. What happens when Arnold bends over to set a beer can down?
(a) He drops the beer and it foams all over his clothes.
(b) He asks the man who is with him to leave him alone.
(c) The stranger penetrates him from behind.
(d) He sees a religious tract and decides to leave.

11. What is the setting at the opening of this scene?
(a) The opera.
(b) A barn.
(c) The open-air market.
(d) A huge bed.

12. What is the backroom of a gay bar?
(a) Where there is a massage parlour.
(b) Where intimate homosexual encounters occur.
(c) Where the poker games go on.
(d) Where they show videos.

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

14. Who does Arnold plan to bring with him?
(a) Cynthia.
(b) No one.
(c) Alan.
(d) Joe.

15. Where is Arnold at the opening of this scene?
(a) At home.
(b) In a church service.
(c) The International Stud gay bar.
(d) The hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the opening, where do the lights shine?

2. What is the time frame of this setting?

3. What is Ed's solution to his conflict?

4. Over what does Ed feel discomfort?

5. About what is Ed evasive?

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