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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Part One, Act Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When they are all at dinner together, what conclusion do Charles and Paul reach about their father and Eric?
(a) Henry is romantically interested in Eric.
(b) Eric is trying to con their father the way he conned Walter.
(c) Henry is starting to see Eric as another son.
(d) Eric is helping to alleviate their father's grief over Walter.

2. What does Toby believe the fight with Eric was really about?
(a) The apartment.
(b) His play.
(c) Adam.
(d) Walter.

3. What is Toby's response to the successful opening of his play?
(a) He announces that he is starting his second novel.
(b) He tells Eric to book the fanciest wedding venue in New York.
(c) He starts looking for a permanent place to live in Chicago.
(d) He flies to L.A. to fire his agent and get a new one.

4. On what day of the year does Toby first see Leo's ad and call him?
(a) Christmas Eve.
(b) Christmas Day.
(c) New Year's Eve.
(d) New Year's Day.

5. On whom is the character of Morgan based?
(a) S. M. Stirling.
(b) J. M. Coetzee.
(c) E. M. Forster.
(d) M. P. Shiel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Toby run into Adam again, in Act One Scene Four?

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

3. What is implied by Toby's dialogue while Adam is in the shower in Act One, Scene Two?

4. Under what condition does Henry offer to rent Eric an apartment?

5. Where does Walter want Eric to go with him on the evening of Eric's birthday?

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