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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Part Two, Prologue and Act One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Henry learns of Eric's housing situation, what does he offer to do?
(a) Find Eric a broker to work with.
(b) Let Eric move in with him.
(c) Buy Eric's apartment and let him stay in it.
(d) Give Eric the farmhouse.

2. Where do Henry, his sons, and Eric have dinner together?
(a) Grimaldi's Restaurant.
(b) Chadwick's Restaurant.
(c) Peter Luger Steakhouse.
(d) Shelsky's of Brooklyn.

3. What does Toby discover that Leo has been writing?
(a) Poetry.
(b) A novel.
(c) A memoir.
(d) A play.

4. Which item in Adam's shopping bag is a callback to the poem that serves as the play's epigraph?
(a) Call Me By Your Name.
(b) Giovanni's Room.
(c) The Cavafy collection.
(d) The Swimming-Pool Library.

5. Which statistician is mentioned frequently in Act Two?
(a) David Blackwell.
(b) Jake Porway.
(c) Nate Silver.
(d) Susan Murphy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Act Three, Scene Five, what is Eric most concerned about when Paul describes the actions of the tenant at the farmhouse?

3. What is Toby's play called?

4. In Act Two, Scene One, what does Adam say that first makes Toby express a desire to leave Adam's apartment?

5. What does Toby's behavior when he and Leo visit the Strand together demonstrate about him?

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