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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What impacts Toby the most of all of the things he finds in the box of his parents' things?
(a) One of his childhood notebooks.
(b) A picture of his mother.
(c) A picture of Toby himself.
(d) A picture of his father.

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

3. What is revealed by Toby's Part Two, Act One, Scene Three call to his agent?
(a) Toby's book is no longer selling very well.
(b) Toby is becoming overly involved in the rehearsals for his play.
(c) Toby has no idea what to write for his next play.
(d) Rumors have begun circulating about Toby's past.

4. Where is the hotel room where Toby writes his second play?
(a) New York.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Connecticut.

5. What does Toby feel when Leo expresses an interest in reading his novel?
(a) Panic.
(b) Suspicion.
(c) Anger.
(d) Pleasure.

6. What is implied about the reason Leo is in such a hurry when he crashes into Toby outside the Strand?
(a) He is late to meet a demanding regular client.
(b) He is anxious to get to the subway before it gets dark.
(c) He is manufacturing a way to talk to Toby again.
(d) He has just stolen a number of books.

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

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

9. Where was Toby born?
(a) Raleigh.
(b) Hartford.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Decatur.

10. What is Eric looking at when he realizes what he wants to do with the farmhouse?
(a) The Mattachine Society Office.
(b) Julius's Bar.
(c) The Stonewall Inn.
(d) The New York City AIDS Memorial.

11. What regret does Toby's play make Eric feel?
(a) He wishes he had not constantly referred to Toby as a "golden child" and a "child of privilege."
(b) He wishes he had been supportive enough for Toby to feel safe being his authentic self.
(c) He wishes he had taken the time to see Toby's first play while it was still running.
(d) He wishes he had asked Toby to tell him more about his life when they were still together.

12. Whose working conditions does Eric chide Henry over as Henry prepares to leave for his business trip?
(a) Their building's doormen.
(b) Henry's sons.
(c) Henry's assistant.
(d) Henry's pilot and flight crew.

13. As Eric and Leo drive to the farmhouse, what is Eric feeling anxious about?
(a) He worries that Toby will find them at the farmhouse.
(b) He worries that he will not know how to help Leo.
(c) He worries that he is simply copying Walter instead of being himself.
(d) He worries about how Henry will react to his decision.

14. What does Toby offer Leo in the note that he leaves for Leo?
(a) Books and $500.
(b) Eric's phone number and address.
(c) An invitation to join Toby on Fire Island.
(d) The use of his apartment until he returns.

15. What does Eric realize when Leo tells him about Toby choosing books for him?
(a) Toby was trying to control Leo the way he controlled Eric.
(b) Toby was recreating the literary education that Eric tried to give Toby.
(c) Toby finally read the books that he previously just pretended to have read.
(d) Toby was trying to make Leo over into his image of Adam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ideology does Henry tell Jason 2 his ideas about taxation fall into?

2. How many people does Leo guess he might have unwittingly exposed to HIV in the past six months?

3. What does the doorman tell Leo not to touch in Toby's apartment?

4. Who was the first person to die in the farmhouse?

5. What does Toby introduce Leo to during their summer trip?

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