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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Act Two, Scene Two, what does Henry identify as the moment he stopped loving Walter?
(a) When he discovered that Walter intended to leave the farmhouse to Eric.
(b) When he learned that Walter had hidden his illness from him.
(c) When he realized that his sons loved Walter more than him.
(d) When he discovered that Peter was at the farmhouse.

2. What is the consequence of Toby's behavior at the rehearsal of his play?
(a) He is barred from further rehearsals.
(b) He is arrested.
(c) The opening of the play is postponed.
(d) The play is almost pulled from production.

3. What does Leo call his first novel?
(a) The Farmhouse.
(b) The Inheritance.
(c) Surviving Toby Darling.
(d) Walter's Children.

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

5. Who does Eric try to call as soon as Henry leaves for his business trip?
(a) Jasper.
(b) Tristan.
(c) Leo.
(d) Toby.

6. What point is emphasized by the Clinic Worker's initial confusion about Leo's name?
(a) Leo's poverty makes him interchangeable with other poor young men.
(b) Medical personnel are callous toward the poor.
(c) Leo has used assumed names at the clinic in the past.
(d) Health care resources for the poor are stretched thin.

7. What is Henry's first concern when he learns that Leo is staying at the townhouse?
(a) That Leo will contaminate the guestroom that his sons use.
(b) That Leo is trying to blame him for his HIV infection.
(c) That Leo will get Eric sick.
(d) That Leo will not be grateful for the help Eric can offer him.

8. When Young Henry and Young Walter replay their first meeting in Act Two, Scene Two, what is the rhetorical function of the detail about the movie E.T.?
(a) It demonstrates how rattled Henry is by his attraction to Walter.
(b) It offers insight into why Henry always has the upper hand in his relationships.
(c) It reminds the audience that Henry has always been a devoted father.
(d) It reveals a softer, kinder side of Henry's character.

9. Where is Henry going on his business trip during the Christmas holidays?
(a) Israel.
(b) Russia.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Saudi Arabia.

10. What does Toby stress about the alcohol he has brought with him to the farmhouse?
(a) Its taste.
(b) Its value.
(c) Its strength.
(d) Its quantity.

11. What does Leo do each day during the beginning of his summer trip with Toby?
(a) He asks Toby when they can return to New York.
(b) He works out with other men his age.
(c) He goes to the beach to read.
(d) He invents new cocktails to amuse Toby.

12. Who is on the beach with Leo in the opening of Part Two, Act Two?
(a) Eric.
(b) Toby.
(c) Adam.
(d) Morgan.

13. What is one of the most significant consequences of Henry and Walter's first sexual encounter?
(a) Henry realizes that he is probably asexual.
(b) Walter is able to control the relationship through access to sex.
(c) Walter realizes that he is homosexual, not bisexual.
(d) Henry is released from the shame he feels about his sexuality.

14. How much time elapses between when Eric and Leo run into one another at Toby's apartment and the scene where Leo wakes up next to a man he does not know?
(a) Nearly a year.
(b) A few months.
(c) A few weeks.
(d) A few days.

15. Who is the "Michael" mentioned in Act Three, Scene Two?
(a) The caretaker's son.
(b) Eric's partner before Toby.
(c) Leo's father.
(d) The first man to die in the farmhouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Toby and Leo are on vacation, what does Leo discover that makes him consider leaving Toby and returning to New York?

2. Of the criticisms of Eric's character that Henry makes in Act One, which does Eric imply is also a flaw of Henry's?

3. During their conversation about the Titanic, what is the "gold-plated lifeboat" that Tristan references (235)?

4. What is embedded in the cherry tree?

5. What does Leo realize about Toby when he gets to Toby's theater?

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