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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 fact does Jasper surprise Henry with during their discussion of the AIDS epidemic?
(a) Members of marginalized communities still have a 50% chance of contracting HIV.
(b) George Bush implemented policies designed to slow the spread of AIDS in Africa.
(c) The Reagan administration refused to take the AIDS epidemic seriously.
(d) The FDA refused to fast-track development of HIV medications.

2. What symptoms of meth use has Leo developed by Act Two, Scene Four?
(a) His temper has become explosive and he is hallucinating.
(b) He cannot read and his temper has become explosive.
(c) He is hallucinating and his teeth are loose.
(d) His teeth are loose and he cannot read.

3. 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 is becoming overly involved in the rehearsals for his play.
(c) Toby's book is no longer selling very well.
(d) Toby has no idea what to write for his next play.

4. In Act Two, Scene Two, what does Henry identify as the moment he stopped loving Walter?
(a) When he discovered that Peter was at the farmhouse.
(b) When he learned that Walter had hidden his illness from him.
(c) When he discovered that Walter intended to leave the farmhouse to Eric.
(d) When he realized that his sons loved Walter more than him.

5. What is the consequence of Toby's behavior at the rehearsal of his play?
(a) He is barred from further rehearsals.
(b) The opening of the play is postponed.
(c) He is arrested.
(d) The play is almost pulled from production.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eric tell Toby about his new play?

2. What is Toby's follow-up play called?

3. What does Henry suggest that Eric should do with his grandmother's furniture?

4. As Eric and Leo drive to the farmhouse, what is Eric feeling anxious about?

5. Of the criticisms of Eric's character that Henry makes in Act One, which does Eric imply is also a flaw of Henry's?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Toby's experience at the opening of his play relate to the scene he makes at Eric's wedding?

3. What causes Leo to think of HIV as "A bitter inheritance," and what is the significance of this diction (239)?

4. What does Henry's vague communication about Eric's belongings cause to happen at the farmhouse?

5. What is the subtext of Adam and Toby's argument about the new line Toby has added to the play?

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

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

10. What leads Toby to write his second play?

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