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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. When Adam invites Toby into his apartment for a drink, what covert agenda is revealed in his dialogue?
(a) He is looking for someone to edit his novel manuscript.
(b) He wants a sexual relationship with Toby.
(c) He is interested in playing the lead in Toby's play.
(d) He wants to ask questions about the meaning of Toby's book.

2. In Act Two, Scene One, what does Adam say that first makes Toby express a desire to leave Adam's apartment?
(a) Adam propositions Toby for sex.
(b) Adam asks for Toby's agent's phone number.
(c) Adam suggests a revision to Elan's lines.
(d) Adam tells Toby that he loves him.

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

4. On page 109, what phrase does Toby say he is going to have engraved on his tombstone?
(a) "Gifted Playwright."
(b) "Oh Toby."
(c) "So Close."
(d) "Bring me Whiskey."

5. What is in the box that Toby refuses to look at and ultimately leaves behind in Eric's apartment?
(a) Toby's childhood possessions.
(b) Toby's parents' things.
(c) Gifts that Toby gave Adam during their relationship.
(d) Unsold copies of Toby's novel.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Eric and Toby are having sex, what unromantic topic does Toby bring up?

2. When Henry and Eric talk in Act Three, Scene Two, what does Henry say he is beginning to realize about Walter?

3. After Toby's play opens, who compares him to famous playwrights like Albee and O'Neill?

4. What does the description of Eric's time in Paris emphasize?

5. What starts the Act Two, Scene Three fight between Eric and Toby?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the hallway after brunch, when Eric tries to be self-deprecating after Walter compliments him, how does Walter respond?

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

3. What is the main point of the poem fragment "Hidden" that serves as the book's epigraph?

4. How does Eric come to live in such a nice apartment, and what issue is he facing with this apartment in Act One?

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

6. What secret does Morgan say Eric is keeping from everyone, and what is Morgan's belief about this secret?

7. How does the proposed beginning of Young Man 1's story echo the opening of one of Morgan's books?

8. How does Toby embarrass himself when he is staying at Henry Wilcox's house?

9. What is Adam's purpose in telling his story about the bathhouse?

10. When Adam reveals that he has been offered the Elan role in the Broadway production of Toby's play, how does Toby react, and why?

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