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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 Toby's reaction after Leo's anger during their reunion?
(a) He goes for a drive.
(b) He begs Leo to forgive him.
(c) He offers Leo money.
(d) He gets drunk.

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

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

4. Why does Leo want to head north toward the George Washington Bridge in Act Two, Scene Four?
(a) He is planning to kill himself.
(b) This is the direction of Toby's apartment.
(c) This is the direction of Eric and Henry's townhouse.
(d) This is the direction of the theater where Toby's play is showing.

5. Who is on the beach with Leo in the opening of Part Two, Act Two?
(a) Toby.
(b) Adam.
(c) Eric.
(d) Morgan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eric realize when Leo tells him about Toby choosing books for him?

2. When Young Henry and Young Walter replay their first meeting in Act Two, Scene Two, what is the rhetorical function of the detail about the movie E.T.?

3. What request does Leo make when he sees Eric's possessions arranged in the farmhouse?

4. Which character does not attend Toby's funeral?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tristan latch onto a metaphor Eric proposes and turn it into a critique of a particular politician?

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

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

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

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. What admission about Leo does Henry make, and why does Eric find it so upsetting?

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

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

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

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

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