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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Part Two, Act Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Henry ask Eric to come and stay with him for several months?
(a) Prague.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) The Hamptons.

2. What does Toby offer Leo in the note that he leaves for Leo?
(a) Books and $500.
(b) The use of his apartment until he returns.
(c) Eric's phone number and address.
(d) An invitation to join Toby on Fire Island.

3. What detail of his personal background does Adam reveal after Toby accuses him of being coddled?
(a) He was bullied in school.
(b) He spent time in jail.
(c) He was very ill as a child.
(d) He was adopted.

4. How does Walter's attitude seem to change in the weeks after Eric's birthday?
(a) He is more openly concerned about Eric's relationship with Toby.
(b) He seems distracted and less interested in Eric.
(c) He becomes excessively polite and cautious around Eric.
(d) He seems newly suspicious of Eric's motives.

5. What does the description of Eric's time in Paris emphasize?
(a) Eric's attachment to Henry is just a substitute for his relationship with Toby.
(b) Eric is distracted from his real priorities by Henry's wealth.
(c) Eric is turning his attention from politics to his own happiness.
(d) Eric is younger, but he has much to teach Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Henry, his sons, and Eric have dinner together?

2. During their conversation about the Titanic, what is the "gold-plated lifeboat" that Tristan references (235)?

3. When Henry and Eric talk in Act Three, Scene Two, what does Henry say he is beginning to realize about Walter?

4. In Act Three, Scene Two, what gift does Henry bring Eric?

5. On page 109, what phrase does Toby say he is going to have engraved on his tombstone?

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