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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 does Henry suggest that Eric should do with his grandmother's furniture?
(a) Move it to the beach house.
(b) Store it at the farmhouse.
(c) Sell it or give it away.
(d) Move it to the townhouse.

2. How old was Toby when his father died?
(a) 7.
(b) 15.
(c) 11.
(d) 3.

3. What is in the envelope that Eric leaves on the table when he leaves the bar after talking to Toby?
(a) A wedding invitation.
(b) A bill for a storage locker.
(c) The address of the farmhouse.
(d) Photos of Toby's parents.

4. What is implied by the list of people and homes that opens Act Two, Scene Three?
(a) Life has rewarded Eric's devotion to community by surrounding him with people and comfort.
(b) Eric has become much more like Henry than he wants to admit.
(c) Eric is finally living the lifestyle that he has always dreamed of and feels as if he has "arrived."
(d) The material enrichment of Eric's life is a hollow achievement.

5. What is implied by Leo's reaction to Toby's question about where he lives?
(a) Leo is shifty and dishonest.
(b) Leo is afraid of Toby.
(c) Leo is homeless.
(d) Leo is a private person.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time elapses between when Eric and Leo run into one another at Toby's apartment and the scene where Leo wakes up next to a man he does not know?

2. What is Eric looking at when he realizes what he wants to do with the farmhouse?

3. Why does Eric leave Leo outside the farmhouse when they first arrive?

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

5. Why does Jasper not come to the Nutcracker performance?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What leads Toby to write his second play?

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

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

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

6. When Leo wakes up next to the stranger in Act Two, Scene Four, what does he choose to steal from the man, and why?

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. 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?

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

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

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