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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 Toby die?
(a) He crashes his car.
(b) He overdoses.
(c) He shoots himself.
(d) He jumps from a bridge.

2. Why does the caretaker take Eric and Leo to the cemetery on the farmhouse grounds?
(a) To share stories of the house's former owners and the property's long history.
(b) To share stories about the men who died in the farmhouse.
(c) To get Eric's help in tending the graves and show Leo how to do it when he is feeling better.
(d) To prove that she is not exaggerating about the number of men who died in the farmhouse.

3. What is the implied reason for the tense feeling at the rehearsals of Toby's play?
(a) Toby's hostility toward Adam.
(b) Tom's jealousy toward Toby.
(c) Adam's nervousness about his performance.
(d) Toby's fear about the critics' reactions.

4. What does the doorman tell Leo not to touch in Toby's apartment?
(a) Books.
(b) Money.
(c) A note.
(d) An umbrella.

5. What characteristic of the various owners of the farmhouse is most emphasized in the Prologue to Part Two?
(a) Their wealth and privilege.
(b) Their violent history.
(c) Their contributions to the nation.
(d) Their intense love of family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fact does Jasper surprise Henry with during their discussion of the AIDS epidemic?

2. What does Adam apologize to Eric for in Act Two, Scene Four?

3. What does Toby discover that Leo has been writing?

4. Where is Henry going on his business trip during the Christmas holidays?

5. In Act Two, Scene Two, what does Henry identify as the moment he stopped loving Walter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What regrets did Michael's mother have about his death, and what did she do to ease her conscience?

2. In what sense does Toby re-enact his relationship with Eric through his relationship with Leo?

3. How does Leo learn that he is HIV-positive?

4. What memory is Toby recreating when he pressures Leo into attending the parties during their summer trip, and how does the reader know this?

5. What points about money and status are made in the scene between Eric, Leo, and the two doormen outside Toby's apartment building?

6. How does Leo react when he first sees Toby at the farmhouse?

7. What leads Toby to write his second play?

8. In Part Two, Act One's flashback to Young Henry and Young Walter first encountering the farmhouse, how do the two men's reactions differ?

9. What revelations about Leo's childhood occur in Act Two, Scene Four?

10. What belief does Eric express in an attempt to resolve the political disagreement between Henry and his friends?

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