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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After he runs into Leo outside the Strand, what does Toby discover Leo has left behind?
(a) Toby's business card.
(b) A copy of Toby's book.
(c) A notebook.
(d) An umbrella.

2. What is implied by Leo's reaction to Toby's question about where he lives?
(a) Leo is afraid of Toby.
(b) Leo is a private person.
(c) Leo is homeless.
(d) Leo is shifty and dishonest.

3. Whose music does Eric play for his friends at his birthday party in Act One, Scene Two?
(a) Dvořák.
(b) Chopin.
(c) Ravel.
(d) Debussy.

4. What is Eric in the middle of doing when Henry visits in Act Three, Scene Two?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Crying.
(c) Writing.
(d) Packing.

5. When Eric and Toby meet at a bar, what does Toby confess to Eric?
(a) He has essentially no friends other than a nineteen-year-old sex worker.
(b) He made a mistake when they broke up, and he wants to get back together.
(c) He understands now that he needs to confront his feelings about his parents.
(d) He is not really in a romantic relationship with Adam.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Walter's attitude seem to change in the weeks after Eric's birthday?

2. Which two characters are already married in Act One?

3. What does the dialogue at the end of Act One, Scene Two demonstrate?

4. What does Eric reveal and then try to take back while he and Toby are having sex?

5. Who is the author of The Inheritance?

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