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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Toby claim to have been in love with Adam?
(a) Since the first time he saw Adam playing Elan.
(b) Since the night Adam told him the bathhouse story.
(c) Since the night Adam arrived at Eric's apartment with the bag of books.
(d) Since the night he walked Adam home in the rain.

2. Whose ghost does Eric believe he sees when he enters the farmhouse?
(a) His grandmother's.
(b) Peter's.
(c) E. M. Forster's.
(d) Walter's.

3. In Act Three, Scene Five, what is Eric most concerned about when Paul describes the actions of the tenant at the farmhouse?
(a) Eric suspects that the Wilcoxes do not really respect Walter's legacy.
(b) Eric wants to be sure that the fire damage is not severe.
(c) Eric wants to be sure that the tree Walter loved is unharmed.
(d) Eric dislikes the idea of a stranger living in Walter's house.

4. In Act Three, Scene Two, what does Henry teach Eric about?
(a) Negotiating tactics.
(b) Employment law.
(c) Estate planning.
(d) Investment strategies.

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

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

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

8. What college did Adam, Eric, and Jasper all attend?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Barnard.
(d) Yale.

9. Where does Adam's bathhouse story take place?
(a) Paris.
(b) Prague.
(c) Brussels.
(d) Berlin.

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

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

12. What commentary does Morgan offer about the introduction of Leo's character?
(a) He is the play's first poor character.
(b) He will cause Toby's downfall.
(c) He is a foil for Eric's character.
(d) He is the play's first sex worker.

13. What news does Eric wake up to on his thirty-fourth birthday?
(a) Toby is not coming home for his birthday.
(b) Toby is once again postponing their wedding.
(c) He will lose the apartment on January 1st.
(d) His position at Jasper's company is being eliminated.

14. What is the name of the protagonist of Toby's book?
(a) Aiden.
(b) Holden.
(c) Dash.
(d) Elan.

15. What news does Henry arrive with during Eric and Toby's fight?
(a) Walter has died.
(b) He will finance Toby's Broadway debut.
(c) He and Water have decided to get married.
(d) He intends to buy the apartment building.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Walter tell Eric about Eric's relationship with Toby?

5. What is in the box that Toby refuses to look at and ultimately leaves behind in Eric's apartment?

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