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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. 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 the financial impact of the epidemic on American society.
(c) It shows how much discrimination gay men suffered at this time.
(d) It shows how determined people were to find a cure.

2. What starts the Act Two, Scene Three fight between Eric and Toby?
(a) Toby discovers that they are losing the apartment.
(b) Eric tells Toby that he hates Toby's play.
(c) Eric discovers that Toby slept with Adam.
(d) Toby tells Eric that he is moving to Chicago.

3. What does Eric point to as the primary way culture is transmitted?
(a) Family.
(b) Stories.
(c) School.
(d) Museums.

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

5. Which statistician is mentioned frequently in Act Two?
(a) Susan Murphy.
(b) David Blackwell.
(c) Jake Porway.
(d) Nate Silver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Eric wake up to on his thirty-fourth birthday?

2. After Toby's play opens, who compares him to famous playwrights like Albee and O'Neill?

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

4. When Henry and Eric talk in Act Three, Scene Two, what does Henry say he is beginning to realize about Walter?

5. On page 113, when Toby tells Adam that he loves him, what does Adam reply?

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