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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Part Two, Prologue and Act One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Eric in the middle of doing when Henry visits in Act Three, Scene Two?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Writing.
(c) Packing.
(d) Crying.

2. While Eric and Toby are having sex, what unromantic topic does Toby bring up?
(a) Whether the month's mortgage has been paid.
(b) Getting Chinese food for dinner.
(c) A difficult scene he is writing.
(d) A new couch that he wants to buy.

3. What poem does Leo read aloud to Toby?
(a) "My Grief on the Sea."
(b) "A Bequest of His Heart."
(c) "Youth and Age."
(d) "Going Downhill on a Bicycle."

4. What does the description of Eric's time in Paris emphasize?
(a) Eric is younger, but he has much to teach Henry.
(b) Eric's attachment to Henry is just a substitute for his relationship with Toby.
(c) Eric is distracted from his real priorities by Henry's wealth.
(d) Eric is turning his attention from politics to his own happiness.

5. In Act Three, Scene Two, what gift does Henry bring Eric?
(a) An antique mantle clock.
(b) A crystal wine decanter.
(c) A pair of gold cuff links.
(d) A small painting of the farmhouse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What item of Adam's clothing does Toby criticize in Act One, Scene Two?

3. What news does Henry arrive with during Eric and Toby's fight?

4. What does Toby believe the fight with Eric was really about?

5. In Act Three, Scene Five, what is Eric most concerned about when Paul describes the actions of the tenant at the farmhouse?

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