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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 news does Eric wake up to on his thirty-fourth birthday?
(a) Toby is once again postponing their wedding.
(b) His position at Jasper's company is being eliminated.
(c) Toby is not coming home for his birthday.
(d) He will lose the apartment on January 1st.

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

3. What is the primary rhetorical function of the list of public and governmental actions responding to the AIDS epidemic?
(a) It shows how poorly informed people were about sexually transmitted diseases.
(b) It shows how much discrimination gay men suffered at this time.
(c) It shows the financial impact of the epidemic on American society.
(d) It shows how determined people were to find a cure.

4. After Toby's play opens, who compares him to famous playwrights like Albee and O'Neill?
(a) Morgan.
(b) The critics.
(c) Toby.
(d) Eric.

5. Which statistician is mentioned frequently in Act Two?
(a) Nate Silver.
(b) Jake Porway.
(c) Susan Murphy.
(d) David Blackwell.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Harvey Milk?

3. What topic does Toby avoid talking about, even with Eric?

4. What is the main feeling that Walter comes away with from the brunch conversation?

5. Which word best describes Eric's attitude toward Adam?

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

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

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

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

7. How do their differing responses to the AIDS crisis illustrate something fundamentally different about Walter and Henry?

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

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

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

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