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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Arnold's mother's response and friends' responses to Arnold's loss of Alan?
(a) That there are many other fish in the ocean.
(b) That Alan had never been faithful to Arnold anyway.
(c) That Alan was too young for Arnold anyway.
(d) Arnold's grief was never validated by his mother and even Arnold's friends grew weary of his mourning.

2. What does each couple enjoy?
(a) Cooking out.
(b) Sex with more than one partner.
(c) The mix of freedom and security derived from their respective partners.
(d) Watching XXX-rated movies.

3. Why is Arnold adopting David?
(a) Because David is gay.
(b) Because David was living on the streets.
(c) Because David is his biological son.
(d) Because it is a goal that Arnold and Alan shared.

4. Where is Laurel on the day after the weekend that Alan and Arnold visited Ed and her?
(a) Asleep in bed still.
(b) In the barn.
(c) In New York City.
(d) In Boston.

5. According to David, how has Arnold been since Alan's death?
(a) Arnold has been suicidal.
(b) Arnold has been going to the bars every night.
(c) Arnold is lonely and leads a solitary life since Alan's death.
(d) Arnold has become very religious.

6. One is the main action in this scene?
(a) The arrival of two other young couples and subsequent confusion.
(b) The revelation that Arnold and Ed plan to sneak off to have sex.
(c) An exploration of the relationship between each person of the two couples.
(d) The harmony of the four getting along to create dinner.

7. What characters the apartment and why did they leave?
(a) David and Ed have left the apartment so that Arnold and Mrs. Beckoff can have some privacy.
(b) Ed and Mrs. Beckoff left to go to the lawyer's office.
(c) Ed and Arnold left to have privacy.
(d) Ed and Mrs. Beckoff left to give Arnold a chance to talk to David about the adoption.

8. What day of the week is it at the opening of this scene?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Saturday.

9. With what is Mrs. Beckoff concerned?
(a) With whether Arnold is happy.
(b) With the obvious enmity between Ed and David.
(c) With the threat of Arnold contracting HIV.
(d) With Arnold's plans to adopt David.

10. Who does David respect tremendously?
(a) Arnold.
(b) Ed.
(c) Mrs. Beckoff.
(d) His art teacher.

11. Where is Laurel visiting Arnold?
(a) At Arnold's home.
(b) At a sushi bar.
(c) At the club where Arnold is preparing to go onstage.
(d) In the gay bar, International.

12. What is implied in the song Arnold sings?
(a) That Arnold believes in love at first sight.
(b) Nothing since he was too upset to go onstage.
(c) That the perfect man may be a woman.
(d) That he still feels something for Ed.

13. What is Laurel and Alan's reactions to Ed and Arnold?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Curiousity.
(c) Voyeurism.
(d) Indifference.

14. What does Alan share with Arnold?
(a) That Alan is in love with Ed.
(b) That Alan was leaving Arnold.
(c) That Alan and Laurel have decided they love each other.
(d) That Laurel made a pass at Alan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Arnold believe validates Laurel's attraction to gay men?

2. What is Mrs. Beckoff's main concern about Arnold adopting David?

3. For what do Laurel and Alan probe?

4. What does Laurel admit about the weekend?

5. How does David respond to Arnold telling him that Arnold still intends to adopt David?

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