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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. How does Jasper respond to Eric's request about work?
(a) He encourages Eric to put himself first.
(b) He tries to undermine Eric's confidence.
(c) He says he is disappointed, but he understands.
(d) He tries to make Eric feel guilty.

2. When they are all at dinner together, what conclusion do Charles and Paul reach about their father and Eric?
(a) Eric is helping to alleviate their father's grief over Walter.
(b) Henry is starting to see Eric as another son.
(c) Eric is trying to con their father the way he conned Walter.
(d) Henry is romantically interested in Eric.

3. Where do Henry, his sons, and Eric have dinner together?
(a) Shelsky's of Brooklyn.
(b) Peter Luger Steakhouse.
(c) Chadwick's Restaurant.
(d) Grimaldi's Restaurant.

4. Where is the apartment that Henry offers Eric located?
(a) Gramercy Park.
(b) SoHo.
(c) Hell's Kitchen.
(d) Tribeca.

5. What topic does Toby avoid talking about, even with Eric?
(a) His other lovers.
(b) His writing.
(c) His ambitions.
(d) His past.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose music does Eric play for his friends at his birthday party in Act One, Scene Two?

2. Whom does Eric work for?

3. On page 109, what phrase does Toby say he is going to have engraved on his tombstone?

4. What is Walter's attitude as Jason 2 shows him wedding photos?

5. What does Eric point to as the primary way culture is transmitted?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In what sense does Adam feel he might have played a part in Eric and Toby's breakup?

5. What does Toby accuse Morgan of in Act Three, Scene Four, and how does Morgan respond?

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

7. After Leo leaves Toby's apartment, what surprising information does Young Man 1 reveal, and how do Morgan and Toby react?

8. How does the opening of Act Two foreshadow trouble in Eric and Toby's relationship?

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

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

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