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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Part One, Act Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the primary rhetorical function of the list of public and governmental actions responding to the AIDS epidemic?
(a) It shows how determined people were to find a cure.
(b) It shows how poorly informed people were about sexually transmitted diseases.
(c) It shows how much discrimination gay men suffered at this time.
(d) It shows the financial impact of the epidemic on American society.

2. What is the name of the protagonist of Toby's book?
(a) Elan.
(b) Aiden.
(c) Holden.
(d) Dash.

3. What are the Young Men all doing in the play's prologue?
(a) Reading.
(b) Posting selfies.
(c) Writing.
(d) Playing cards.

4. After Toby's play opens, who compares him to famous playwrights like Albee and O'Neill?
(a) The critics.
(b) Toby.
(c) Eric.
(d) Morgan.

5. What surprises Toby about Adam's apartment?
(a) It is on the 11th floor.
(b) It belongs to Adam's parents.
(c) It is where Henry used to live.
(d) It is large and expensive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Henry arrive with during Eric and Toby's fight?

2. Which of Eric's friends reacts with disgust to the idea of having children?

3. What famous location did Walter ask directions to as soon as he arrived in New York?

4. On page 53, what does Young Man 1 say "upended" Eric's life?

5. What action of Walter's surprises the group of friends and makes them uncomfortable?

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