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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 lie about his life does Toby tell Eric when he comes over to collect his things from Eric's apartment?
(a) He claims that he is living with a new boyfriend.
(b) He claims to be sleeping with Adam.
(c) He claims that his second novel has been accepted.
(d) He claims that his play is being made into a film.

2. Whose ghost does Eric believe he sees when he enters the farmhouse?
(a) His grandmother's.
(b) Walter's.
(c) E. M. Forster's.
(d) Peter's.

3. What detail of his personal background does Adam reveal after Toby accuses him of being coddled?
(a) He spent time in jail.
(b) He was adopted.
(c) He was bullied in school.
(d) He was very ill as a child.

4. Under what condition does Henry offer to rent Eric an apartment?
(a) Eric must agree to come work for Henry's business.
(b) Eric must commit to buying a place of his own within the next year.
(c) Eric must renounce any claim on Walter's farmhouse.
(d) Eric must work harder to get Henry's sons to accept him.

5. In Act Three, Scene Two, what does Eric teach Henry about?
(a) How to run a household.
(b) Arts and culture.
(c) The modern dating scene.
(d) The nonprofit sector.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Adam's bathhouse story take place?

2. What item of Adam's clothing does Toby criticize in Act One, Scene Two?

3. Which of Eric's friends reacts with disgust to the idea of having children?

4. What singer and actress does Jasper bring up as an example of "camp"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Young Man 1 turn to Morgan for help in the play's prologue?

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

6. During Eric's birthday brunch, how does Jason 1 turn a nostalgic conversation about the past into a conversation about future goals?

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

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

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

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

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