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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. What lie about his life does Toby tell Eric when he comes over to collect his things from Eric's apartment?
(a) He claims to be sleeping with Adam.
(b) He claims that his second novel has been accepted.
(c) He claims that his play is being made into a film.
(d) He claims that he is living with a new boyfriend.

2. Which of Eric's friends reacts with disgust to the idea of having children?
(a) Jason 1.
(b) Tristan.
(c) Walter.
(d) Jasper.

3. What makes Henry say that Eric is "vivid" (120)?
(a) Eric's enthusiastic description of everything there is to do in New York in the fall.
(b) Eric's sarcastic joke about looking for a place to live in the Bronx in 1977.
(c) Eric's wistful explanation of everything that he loved and respected about Walter.
(d) Eric's detailed recounting of his final fight with Toby.

4. What news does Henry arrive with during Eric and Toby's fight?
(a) Walter has died.
(b) He will finance Toby's Broadway debut.
(c) He intends to buy the apartment building.
(d) He and Water have decided to get married.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Toby's play called?

2. On page 85, what specific expression does the text cite as having been appropriated from drag and ball culture?

3. What does the dialogue at the end of Act One, Scene Two demonstrate?

4. What does Eric point to as the primary way culture is transmitted?

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

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