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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Part One, Prologue and Act One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the primary rhetorical function of the list of public and governmental actions responding to the AIDS epidemic?
(a) It shows the financial impact of the epidemic on American society.
(b) It shows how poorly informed people were about sexually transmitted diseases.
(c) It shows how much discrimination gay men suffered at this time.
(d) It shows how determined people were to find a cure.

2. What does Eric reveal and then try to take back while he and Toby are having sex?
(a) They are both getting older.
(b) He wants to get married.
(c) He wants to see other people.
(d) They might have to move.

3. What character does Young Man 7 ridicule Toby for comparing his protagonist to?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Macbeth.
(c) King Lear.
(d) Othello.

4. 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 new couch that he wants to buy.
(d) A difficult scene he is writing.

5. What is indicated by Walter's difficulty with the word "ghosting" (54)?
(a) He is a sheltered elitist.
(b) His first language is not English.
(c) He is drunk.
(d) He is much older than Eric.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the house where Toby has been staying when he calls Eric in Act One, Scene One?

2. Whose music does Eric play for his friends at his birthday party in Act One, Scene Two?

3. Which word best describes Eric's attitude toward Adam?

4. Whom does Eric work for?

5. Whom does Young Man 1 become in Act One, Scene Two?

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