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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 movie does Adam suggest that he, Toby, and Eric watch together?
(a) The Deer Hunter.
(b) Breathless.
(c) Jules et Jim.
(d) The 400 Blows.

2. What does Eric reveal and then try to take back while he and Toby are having sex?
(a) They might have to move.
(b) He wants to get married.
(c) They are both getting older.
(d) He wants to see other people.

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

4. What famous location did Walter ask directions to as soon as he arrived in New York?
(a) Carnegie Hall.
(b) Wall Street.
(c) The Stonewall Inn.
(d) Times Square.

5. Who is the author of The Inheritance?
(a) Matthew Lopez.
(b) Stephen Adly Guirgis.
(c) Robert O'Hara.
(d) Jeremy O. Harris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Young Man 1 become in Act One, Scene Two?

2. Which word best describes Eric's attitude toward Adam?

3. What age does Eric turn on the birthday he celebrates in Act One, Scene Two?

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

5. What does Walter tell Eric about Eric's relationship with Toby?

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