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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Henry learns of Eric's housing situation, what does he offer to do?
(a) Buy Eric's apartment and let him stay in it.
(b) Give Eric the farmhouse.
(c) Find Eric a broker to work with.
(d) Let Eric move in with him.

2. What are the Young Men all doing in the play's prologue?
(a) Posting selfies.
(b) Reading.
(c) Writing.
(d) Playing cards.

3. Which word best describes Eric's attitude toward Adam?
(a) Disinterested.
(b) Envious.
(c) Avuncular.
(d) Predatory.

4. In Act Three, Scene Two, what gift does Henry bring Eric?
(a) A crystal wine decanter.
(b) A small painting of the farmhouse.
(c) A pair of gold cuff links.
(d) An antique mantle clock.

5. Whom is it implied that Leo looks like?
(a) Adam.
(b) Eric.
(c) Tom.
(d) Toby.

6. Where do Henry, his sons, and Eric have dinner together?
(a) Peter Luger Steakhouse.
(b) Chadwick's Restaurant.
(c) Grimaldi's Restaurant.
(d) Shelsky's of Brooklyn.

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

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

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

10. Where does Walter want Eric to go with him on the evening of Eric's birthday?
(a) To the farmhouse.
(b) To a museum.
(c) To the Hamptons.
(d) To a bookstore.

11. What is in the box that Toby refuses to look at and ultimately leaves behind in Eric's apartment?
(a) Toby's childhood possessions.
(b) Unsold copies of Toby's novel.
(c) Toby's parents' things.
(d) Gifts that Toby gave Adam during their relationship.

12. What is Toby's play called?
(a) Little Apple.
(b) Low Standards.
(c) Loved Boy.
(d) Life Drags On.

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

14. How does Walter's attitude seem to change in the weeks after Eric's birthday?
(a) He seems distracted and less interested in Eric.
(b) He becomes excessively polite and cautious around Eric.
(c) He seems newly suspicious of Eric's motives.
(d) He is more openly concerned about Eric's relationship with Toby.

15. On page 85, what specific expression does the text cite as having been appropriated from drag and ball culture?
(a) Spill the tea.
(b) Yasss kween.
(c) Throwing shade.
(d) Serving realness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose ghost does Eric believe he sees when he enters the farmhouse?

2. What personal item in Adam's Chicago apartment does Toby say is "sweet" (69)?

3. What is Adam referring to when he mentions getting a PEP prescription?

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

5. Who is the author of The Inheritance?

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