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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What singer and actress does Jasper bring up as an example of "camp"?
(a) Judy Garland.
(b) Bette Midler.
(c) Liza Minnelli.
(d) Cher.

2. Which two characters are already married in Act One?
(a) Jasper and Jason 1.
(b) Jason 2 and Tristan.
(c) Tristan and Jasper.
(d) Jason 1 and Jason 2.

3. What personal item in Adam's Chicago apartment does Toby say is "sweet" (69)?
(a) Adam's childhood teddy bear.
(b) A letter that Adam is writing to Eric.
(c) A photo of Adam with his parents.
(d) A drawing of Toby that Adam is working on.

4. What is Toby's play called?
(a) Little Apple.
(b) Low Standards.
(c) Life Drags On.
(d) Loved Boy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Walter's attitude seem to change in the weeks after Eric's birthday?

2. On what day of the year does Toby first see Leo's ad and call him?

3. What news does Eric wake up to on his thirty-fourth birthday?

4. In Act Three, Scene Four, what book does Eric accuse Toby of pretending to have read?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Act Three, Scene Three, how does Toby's description of his life contrast with Morgan's commentary?

2. Why is the night of November 8, 2016 thematically significant?

3. Which character does Young Man 10 become in Act One, and how does this make sense with his lines in the Prologue?

4. What advice does Henry offer Eric after Eric says that it feels to him as if the world is falling apart?

5. What medication is Tristan taking, and why is it brought up in the context of positive changes for the gay community?

6. What is ironic about Jason 2's question to Walter about whether Walter worries about what will happen if Henry dies first?

7. What is the symbolic significance of Adam giving Toby back his umbrella?

8. At dinner with Henry and his sons, what innocent joke does Eric make and why does it so alarm Paul and Charles?

9. How do Charles and Paul's attitudes in the hallway after Eric's brunch foreshadow their actions at the end of Act Two?

10. Who is Tom Durrell, and how does he become significant in the Act Three, Scene One conversation between Toby and Adam?

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