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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people does Leo guess he might have unwittingly exposed to HIV in the past six months?
(a) More than 100.
(b) 50.
(c) 80.
(d) 20.

2. When Adam reminds Toby of his declaration of love and unwelcome sexual advances, how does Toby respond?
(a) He tells Adam that it was not a big deal.
(b) He implies that Adam was a willing participant.
(c) He denies that any of this happened.
(d) He claims that Adam deliberately led him on.

3. 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.

4. How does Toby describe to Adam what love feels like?
(a) He says love is comforting and reassuring.
(b) He says love is overwhelming and terrible.
(c) He says love is boring and predictable.
(d) He says love is exciting and powerful.

5. Who is Tucker?
(a) Toby's agent.
(b) Henry's son.
(c) Jasper's boyfriend.
(d) The Jasons' baby.

6. What is Toby's reaction after Leo's anger during their reunion?
(a) He gets drunk.
(b) He goes for a drive.
(c) He begs Leo to forgive him.
(d) He offers Leo money.

7. After meeting Henry, what is the main point Eric's friends try to make about his relationship with Henry?
(a) Eric and Henry are using one another to get over past hurts, and they are not really in love.
(b) Eric and Henry are opposites, and Eric will end up being hurt by this relationship.
(c) Even though Eric and Henry are a strange match, they are both human beings who deserve to find happiness.
(d) Even though they have reservations about the relationship, Eric's friends trust his judgment and will support his decisions.

8. After looking through the box of his parents' things, what conclusion does Toby come to?
(a) His mother is not responsible for the man Toby has become.
(b) He will never have the strength to heal himself.
(c) He loved his parents more than he cares to remember.
(d) His father was not the man Toby imagined him to be.

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

10. Who was the first person to die in the farmhouse?
(a) A New York State senator.
(b) A Revolutionary War soldier.
(c) An escaped slave.
(d) Peter West.

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

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

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

14. What does Toby's behavior when he and Leo visit the Strand together demonstrate about him?
(a) He has a lot of unresolved anger toward his parents.
(b) He is trying to turn Leo into a version of Adam.
(c) He has still not learned how to present himself authentically.
(d) He desperately wants to be a more cultured and educated person.

15. Why does Leo want to head north toward the George Washington Bridge in Act Two, Scene Four?
(a) This is the direction of the theater where Toby's play is showing.
(b) This is the direction of Toby's apartment.
(c) This is the direction of Eric and Henry's townhouse.
(d) He is planning to kill himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.?

2. How does Henry defend his alliance with a political party known not to support gay rights?

3. Where does Leo assume he acquired the HIV virus?

4. Who does Eric try to call as soon as Henry leaves for his business trip?

5. What does Eric realize when Leo tells him about Toby choosing books for him?

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