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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Part One, Prologue and Act One.

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 poorly informed people were about sexually transmitted diseases.
(b) It shows how determined people were to find a cure.
(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 famous location did Walter ask directions to as soon as he arrived in New York?
(a) Carnegie Hall.
(b) Times Square.
(c) Wall Street.
(d) The Stonewall Inn.

3. What character does Young Man 7 ridicule Toby for comparing his protagonist to?
(a) King Lear.
(b) Macbeth.
(c) Othello.
(d) Hamlet.

4. Which two characters are already married in Act One?
(a) Jasper and Jason 1.
(b) Tristan and Jasper.
(c) Jason 1 and Jason 2.
(d) Jason 2 and Tristan.

5. While Eric and Toby are having sex, what unromantic topic does Toby bring up?
(a) A new couch that he wants to buy.
(b) A difficult scene he is writing.
(c) Whether the month's mortgage has been paid.
(d) Getting Chinese food for dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. On whom is the character of Morgan based?

2. Which item in Adam's shopping bag is a callback to the poem that serves as the play's epigraph?

3. When Adam invites Toby into his apartment for a drink, what covert agenda is revealed in his dialogue?

4. What topic does Toby avoid talking about, even with Eric?

5. According to Walter, what is Henry's attitude toward their relationship?

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