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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Toby run into Adam again, in Act One Scene Four?
(a) Kings Theater.
(b) Lincoln Center.
(c) Radio City Music Hall.
(d) Carnegie Hall.

2. In Act Three, Scene Two, what does Eric teach Henry about?
(a) The modern dating scene.
(b) Arts and culture.
(c) How to run a household.
(d) The nonprofit sector.

3. What is the name of the protagonist of Toby's book?
(a) Aiden.
(b) Holden.
(c) Dash.
(d) Elan.

4. How long does Toby claim to have been in love with Adam?
(a) Since the first time he saw Adam playing Elan.
(b) Since the night he walked Adam home in the rain.
(c) Since the night Adam told him the bathhouse story.
(d) Since the night Adam arrived at Eric's apartment with the bag of books.

5. Where is the apartment that Henry offers Eric located?
(a) Hell's Kitchen.
(b) Gramercy Park.
(c) Tribeca.
(d) SoHo.

6. What is in the box that Toby refuses to look at and ultimately leaves behind in Eric's apartment?
(a) Gifts that Toby gave Adam during their relationship.
(b) Unsold copies of Toby's novel.
(c) Toby's parents' things.
(d) Toby's childhood possessions.

7. In Act Two, Scene One, what does Adam say that first makes Toby express a desire to leave Adam's apartment?
(a) Adam tells Toby that he loves him.
(b) Adam propositions Toby for sex.
(c) Adam suggests a revision to Elan's lines.
(d) Adam asks for Toby's agent's phone number.

8. What topic does Toby avoid talking about, even with Eric?
(a) His writing.
(b) His ambitions.
(c) His past.
(d) His other lovers.

9. Where does Walter want Eric to go with him on the evening of Eric's birthday?
(a) To a museum.
(b) To the farmhouse.
(c) To a bookstore.
(d) To the Hamptons.

10. Who are Charles and Paul?
(a) Eric's brothers.
(b) Walter's nephews.
(c) Henry's sons.
(d) Toby's ex-lovers.

11. What movie does Adam suggest that he, Toby, and Eric watch together?
(a) Breathless.
(b) The 400 Blows.
(c) The Deer Hunter.
(d) Jules et Jim.

12. What moment described in Morgan's dialogue likely foreshadows difficulties in Eric and Toby's relationship?
(a) The forgotten umbrella.
(b) Eric's cultural education of Adam.
(c) The closed terrace door.
(d) Adam's successful audition.

13. On page 85, what specific expression does the text cite as having been appropriated from drag and ball culture?
(a) Throwing shade.
(b) Spill the tea.
(c) Yasss kween.
(d) Serving realness.

14. What lie about his life does Toby tell Eric when he comes over to collect his things from Eric's apartment?
(a) He claims that his play is being made into a film.
(b) He claims that his second novel has been accepted.
(c) He claims that he is living with a new boyfriend.
(d) He claims to be sleeping with Adam.

15. What is implied by Toby's dialogue while Adam is in the shower in Act One, Scene Two?
(a) Toby is more intimidated by Adam than he wants to admit, and it makes him too shy to speak openly.
(b) Toby does not want Adam to realize how much he admires Adam's talent and how attracted he is to Adam.
(c) Toby is afraid that sleeping with Adam will seriously damage his relationship with Eric.
(d) Toby has only given Adam a part in his play because he is attracted to him, which he knows is wrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Young Men all doing in the play's prologue?

2. What singer and actress does Jasper bring up as an example of "camp"?

3. After Toby's play opens, who compares him to famous playwrights like Albee and O'Neill?

4. What does Eric point to as the primary way culture is transmitted?

5. On page 53, what does Young Man 1 say "upended" Eric's life?

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