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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Adam to miss his performance?
(a) He decides to help Leo instead of staying to perform.
(b) He realizes that he needs to find out where Toby has gone.
(c) He cannot focus on anything until he gets himself checked for HIV.
(d) He is too disgusted with Toby to continue performing his play.

2. What fact does Jasper surprise Henry with during their discussion of the AIDS epidemic?
(a) The FDA refused to fast-track development of HIV medications.
(b) Members of marginalized communities still have a 50% chance of contracting HIV.
(c) George Bush implemented policies designed to slow the spread of AIDS in Africa.
(d) The Reagan administration refused to take the AIDS epidemic seriously.

3. Which character does not attend Toby's funeral?
(a) Leo.
(b) Jasper.
(c) Adam.
(d) Henry.

4. What or whom does Henry believe deserves the credit for solving the problem of the AIDS epidemic?
(a) The United States federal government.
(b) Changing social mores around sexuality.
(c) Organizers and activists within the gay community.
(d) Free market capitalism.

5. What is the name of the farmhouse's caretaker?
(a) Laura.
(b) June.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Margaret.

6. What regret does Toby's play make Eric feel?
(a) He wishes he had taken the time to see Toby's first play while it was still running.
(b) He wishes he had asked Toby to tell him more about his life when they were still together.
(c) He wishes he had been supportive enough for Toby to feel safe being his authentic self.
(d) He wishes he had not constantly referred to Toby as a "golden child" and a "child of privilege."

7. After meeting Henry, what is the main point Eric's friends try to make about his relationship with Henry?
(a) Even though Eric and Henry are a strange match, they are both human beings who deserve to find happiness.
(b) Eric and Henry are opposites, and Eric will end up being hurt by this relationship.
(c) Eric and Henry are using one another to get over past hurts, and they are not really in love.
(d) Even though they have reservations about the relationship, Eric's friends trust his judgment and will support his decisions.

8. What is embedded in the cherry tree?
(a) Pig's teeth.
(b) A knife from colonial times.
(c) A horseshoe.
(d) Small pieces of amber.

9. What is Toby's follow-up play called?
(a) Unloved Boy.
(b) Golden Boy.
(c) Lost Boy.
(d) Loved Boy.

10. One Leo and Eric are living at the farmhouse, what is Eric constantly anxious about?
(a) That Henry or his sons will show up to throw them out.
(b) That Toby will track him down there and discover Leo is with him.
(c) That he is not being fair to Henry by staying away from the townhouse.
(d) That Leo will get sicker and sicker and end up in the farmhouse cemetery.

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

12. During their conversation about the Titanic, what is the "gold-plated lifeboat" that Tristan references (235)?
(a) Tristan's upcoming marriage.
(b) Tristan's move to Canada.
(c) Eric's HIV-negative status.
(d) Eric's marriage to Henry.

13. Who is the "Michael" mentioned in Act Three, Scene Two?
(a) Leo's father.
(b) The first man to die in the farmhouse.
(c) Eric's partner before Toby.
(d) The caretaker's son.

14. What is Eric looking at when he realizes what he wants to do with the farmhouse?
(a) The New York City AIDS Memorial.
(b) The Stonewall Inn.
(c) The Mattachine Society Office.
(d) Julius's Bar.

15. When Eric and Toby meet at a bar, what does Toby confess to Eric?
(a) He understands now that he needs to confront his feelings about his parents.
(b) He has essentially no friends other than a nineteen-year-old sex worker.
(c) He made a mistake when they broke up, and he wants to get back together.
(d) He is not really in a romantic relationship with Adam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the implied reason for the tense feeling at the rehearsals of Toby's play?

2. What is one of the most significant consequences of Henry and Walter's first sexual encounter?

3. Who does Eric try to call as soon as Henry leaves for his business trip?

4. How does Toby die?

5. Whose working conditions does Eric chide Henry over as Henry prepares to leave for his business trip?

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