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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 is Adam referring to when he mentions getting a PEP prescription?
(a) A medication taken as a preventative before a possible exposure to HIV.
(b) A medication that prevents transmission of HIV to an uninfected partner.
(c) A medication that minimizes the side effects of AIDS.
(d) A medication that lowers the chance of becoming infected after an exposure to HIV.

2. Whom is it implied that Leo looks like?
(a) Toby.
(b) Eric.
(c) Adam.
(d) Tom.

3. Whom does Eric work for?
(a) Tristan.
(b) Jason 2.
(c) Jasper.
(d) Jason 1.

4. How does Walter's attitude seem to change in the weeks after Eric's birthday?
(a) He seems newly suspicious of Eric's motives.
(b) He seems distracted and less interested in Eric.
(c) He is more openly concerned about Eric's relationship with Toby.
(d) He becomes excessively polite and cautious around Eric.

5. Where does Adam say he met Eric and Toby?
(a) A bookstore.
(b) A museum.
(c) A clothing store.
(d) A concert.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Adam characterize Elan in Act One, Scene Two?

3. What college did Adam, Eric, and Jasper all attend?

4. Where does Toby run into Adam again, in Act One Scene Four?

5. In Act Two, Scene One, what does Adam say that first makes Toby express a desire to leave Adam's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the play returns to Eric in Act Three, Scene Two, what are the various reasons that Eric is feeling bereft and alone?

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

3. 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?

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

5. During their argument in Act Two, Scene Three, what does Eric have to say about Toby's writing?

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

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

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

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

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

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