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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. This short scene establishes the potential for a future conflict using a writing technique named what?
(a) Red Herring.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Foreshadowing.

4. What is Laurel's knowledge of the fact that Ed and Arnold were once lovers?
(a) She has often suspected it but does not know for sure.
(b) It is not made clear how much she knows.
(c) She has no suspician about it whatsoever.
(d) She is aware of the fact.

5. 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 sees a religious tract and decides to leave.
(c) He asks the man who is with him to leave him alone.
(d) The stranger penetrates him from behind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the backroom of a gay bar?

2. What character is the first to appear?

3. What is Arnold talking about with the other person?

4. What has taken Ed by surprise?

5. How long has it been since Arnold and Ed have ended their relationship?

Short Essay Questions

1. What in this scene indicates the differences between the two couples?

2. What potential conflicts could ensue by the coming together of Arnold, Ed, and Alan?

3. About what is Ed reading and what is opinion of the subject?

4. What do Arnold and Laurel discuss?

5. Describe how Laurel is feeling. Do you think she has the right to feel this way?

6. Describe the opening to this scene.

7. How are Arnold and Alan's conversation similar to that of Ed and Laurel?

8. What happens when Arnold joins Ed and David on the park bench?

9. What point do you think the author may be making in this scene, as well as in others and why do you think the author wishes to make this point?

10. When scene 3 opens, who is on the stage and what is he doing?

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