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

2. What moment described in Morgan's dialogue likely foreshadows difficulties in Eric and Toby's relationship?
(a) The forgotten umbrella.
(b) Adam's successful audition.
(c) Eric's cultural education of Adam.
(d) The closed terrace door.

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

4. What age does Eric turn on the birthday he celebrates in Act One, Scene Two?
(a) 30.
(b) 33.
(c) 40.
(d) 37.

5. What does Walter tell Eric about Eric's relationship with Toby?
(a) He thinks they are not well-suited to one another.
(b) He thinks it likely that Toby will leave Eric for Adam.
(c) He thinks that as Toby becomes more successful, he will lose interest in Eric.
(d) He thinks that Toby is using Eric for a place to live.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Where does Adam say he met Eric and Toby?

5. What character does Young Man 7 ridicule Toby for comparing his protagonist to?

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