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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main feeling that Walter comes away with from the brunch conversation?
(a) Amusement.
(b) Hope.
(c) Alienation.
(d) Disgust.

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

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

4. In Act Three, Scene Three, where is Toby living?
(a) Gramercy Park.
(b) SoHo.
(c) Tribeca.
(d) Hell's Kitchen.

5. What baseless assumption do Charles and Paul make when they see Walter talking to Eric in the hallway?
(a) They assume that Eric is trying to con Walter out of money.
(b) They assume that Walter is trying to solicit sex from Eric.
(c) They assume that Eric is part of the building's maintenance staff.
(d) They assume that Walter is locked out of his apartment.

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

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

8. What does Walter tell Eric about Eric's relationship with Toby?
(a) He thinks it likely that Toby will leave Eric for Adam.
(b) He thinks that Toby is using Eric for a place to live.
(c) He thinks they are not well-suited to one another.
(d) He thinks that as Toby becomes more successful, he will lose interest in Eric.

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

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

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

12. Whom does Young Man 1 become in Act One, Scene Two?
(a) Adam.
(b) Toby.
(c) Tristan.
(d) Eric.

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

14. What lie about his life does Toby tell Eric when he comes over to collect his things from Eric's apartment?
(a) He claims that he is living with a new boyfriend.
(b) He claims that his play is being made into a film.
(c) He claims to be sleeping with Adam.
(d) He claims that his second novel has been accepted.

15. What detail does Lopez offer that characterizes Paul as self-centered?
(a) Paul has booked a table at La Grenouille.
(b) Paul has parked in front of a fire hydrant.
(c) Paul's conversation with Susie is overly familiar.
(d) Paul thinks that fifty dollars is a significant amount of money.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Eric work for?

2. In Act Two, Scene One, what does Adam say that first makes Toby express a desire to leave Adam's apartment?

3. What commentary does Morgan offer about the introduction of Leo's character?

4. What does Eric point to as the primary way culture is transmitted?

5. What poem does Leo read aloud to Toby?

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