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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who visits Arnold backstage after Arnold's performance?
2. What does Arnold ask of Ed?
3. What is Arnold talking about with the other person?
4. Who delivers a monologue?
5. What is the purpose of the way the lighting is done?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is a side effect of the weekend visit of Alan and Arnold to Ed and Laurel's?
2. What are two examples of how Arnold rationalizes his behavior?
3. When scene 3 opens, who is on the stage and what is he doing?
4. Why do you think Ed Reiss insists that he dates women as well as men?
5. What musical term is used in this scene and explain why it is used.
6. What does Arnold reveal in his one-sided dialogue?
7. Is it wise for Arnold to both accept an invitation to visit Ed and Laurel and to take Alan along?
8. What is the resolution at the end of this scene?
9. How are Arnold and Alan's conversation similar to that of Ed and Laurel?
10. What is the significance of the term "Stretto" in this scene?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the scene titled, "Fugue in a Nursery, Counter Subject," Arnold and Alan are resistant to joining Ed and Laurel in their "normal" Sunday routine. Choose one of the following topics and write a well-developed essay using specific examples both from the text and any research you complete:
1. Discuss how the term "Counter Subject" is used in musical compositions (particularly in the musical composition of a fugue) and how it is applicable to the action of this scene. Be sure to use specific examples and details.
2. Using the entire play as a source of material, outline Laurel's actions and manipulations, both implied and explicit, and discuss whether she has been successful and appropriate in her behavior.
3. Discuss the commonalities among all the main characters, (Arnold, Alan, Ed, and Laurel) as to their wants and needs as human beings in relationship. Can their needs/desires be universal to all humans? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
In "Fugue in a Nursery, Subject," in a conversation between Ed and Laurel, Ed restates his jealousy of Alan and the resentment of Alan's presence in Arnold's life and at the house this weekend. Discuss the following ideas in a well-developed essay using specific examples both from the text and any research you complete:
1. Do you think it is fair for Ed to feel jealous of Arnold having Alan when Ed left Arnold for Laurel? Explain your opinion.
2. There is a saying that "one cannot help how s/he feels." Give your response to this statement, using examples to illustrate your ideas.
3. Do you think Arnold is jealous of Laurel? Why or why not?
4. Even if a person cannot help how s/he feels, the person can control how s/he acts upon those feelings. Do you believe this statement is true? Why or why not? Give specific details to support your statements.
Essay Topic 3
In "The International Stud: Scene 1," Arnold shares his frustrations at the lack of true love in his life despite all his attempts and all the humiliations and betrayals that plague a homosexual man. Discuss the following ideas in a well-developed essay using specific examples both from the text and any research you complete:
1. What sort of humiliations and do you think a gay man might endure? From whom?
2. Do you believe it is okay to humiliate and harass gay men? Explain your point of view.
3. Have you ever been humiliated for some reason? How did you feel during the time it was happening?
4. Did it make you more or less likely to do the same to someone else?
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