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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 revealed by Toby's Part Two, Act One, Scene Three call to his agent?
(a) Rumors have begun circulating about Toby's past.
(b) Toby's book is no longer selling very well.
(c) Toby is becoming overly involved in the rehearsals for his play.
(d) Toby has no idea what to write for his next play.

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

3. What does Toby feel when Leo expresses an interest in reading his novel?
(a) Suspicion.
(b) Panic.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Anger.

4. Where is Henry going on his business trip during the Christmas holidays?
(a) Israel.
(b) Russia.
(c) Saudi Arabia.
(d) Iraq.

5. What does the caretaker tell Eric about the list of names of the men who died at the farmhouse?
(a) Walter had it memorized.
(b) Walter burned the list before his death.
(c) Walter hoped to put the names on a memorial.
(d) Walter left the list to a New York historical society.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the caretaker says, on page 281, "You've seen them," what is it implied she is referring to?

2. What is implied about the reason Leo is in such a hurry when he crashes into Toby outside the Strand?

3. After he runs into Leo outside the Strand, what does Toby discover Leo has left behind?

4. What is embedded in the cherry tree?

5. What is the farmhouse caretaker's primary reason for showing Leo the cherry tree?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What course does Eric's life take after Toby's death?

3. How did Henry's fear during the AIDS epidemic end up robbing him of his ability to truly love another man?

4. What is the "faux-art" that Tucker makes?

5. What does the farmhouse caretaker say is the reason that so many gay men died during the AIDS epidemic?

6. When Toby and Leo are reunited, how does Toby initially react to Leo's desperate situation, and what changes Toby's attitude?

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

8. Who was Edward Carpenter, and how did he inspire Maurice?

9. 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?

10. How does Henry's real reason for refusing sexual intimacy with Eric contrast with the reason he gave Eric at the beginning of their relationship?

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