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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who calls Arnold?
(a) Murray.
(b) Alan.
(c) Laurel.
(d) Ed.

2. What does David hope about Ed and Arnold?
(a) That they will rekindle their relationship.
(b) That they will not let Mrs. Beckoff live there.
(c) That they will not start a relationship.
(d) David expresses no particular thoughts about Arnold and Ed.

3. Why does Laurel say she is not inviting Alan and Arnold to her parent's home?
(a) There is limited space.
(b) They live too far away.
(c) Her parents hate gay men.
(d) She does not say.

4. How much time has passed since the last scene?
(a) One year.
(b) A week.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Five years.

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

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

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

8. What conversational technique is continued in this scene?
(a) Just thoughts in each character's mind.
(b) Fugue style overlap.
(c) A round-robin technique.
(d) Indirect quoting.

9. Who discuss a similar subject of that between Ed and Laurel?
(a) Alan and Murray.
(b) No one.
(c) Arnold and Laurel.
(d) Alan and Arnold.

10. What does David encourage Ed to do and what is Ed's response?
(a) David encourages Ed to make the break with Laurel permanent.
(b) David encourages Ed to go back to Laurel.
(c) David encourages Ed to discuss his relationship with Laurel but Ed declines.
(d) David encourages Ed to continue with his art.

11. Where is Alan?
(a) He has died.
(b) He and Arnold split up and he moved out.
(c) He is cooking breakfast in the kitchen.
(d) He is in the bath.

12. What do Arnold and Alan decide?
(a) That they are better off just friends.
(b) That despite Alan's infidelity, they want to be together.
(c) That Alan and Ed should be together.
(d) That both need to be tested for HIV since Ed is HIV positive.

13. How does Laurel say she met Ed?
(a) Through a personals ad in the newspaper.
(b) Through Ed's mother with whom Laurel works.
(c) At a bus stop.
(d) While they were in the same therapy group.

14. What is Ed's opinion of the subject matter of what he is reading?
(a) He has no opinion since he is not reading.
(b) He thinks the cologne should be based on male pheromones.
(c) He thinks it's sexy.
(d) He finds the bloodbath of the French revolution fascinating.

15. What does the author seem to be revealing in this scene?
(a) That Alan is an unsavory person.
(b) More of the characters' vulnerabilities and emotional states.
(c) The fact that Ed is solidly heterosexual.
(d) That Laurel secretly wishes to sleep with Arnold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what do all four characters on stage agree?

2. What day of the week is it at the opening of this scene?

3. What is Laurel and Alan's reactions to Ed and Arnold?

4. What does Laurel try to hide?

5. To whom is Ed reading?

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