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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the most significant consequences of Henry and Walter's first sexual encounter?
(a) Henry realizes that he is probably asexual.
(b) Henry is released from the shame he feels about his sexuality.
(c) Walter realizes that he is homosexual, not bisexual.
(d) Walter is able to control the relationship through access to sex.

2. Why does the caretaker take Eric and Leo to the cemetery on the farmhouse grounds?
(a) To share stories of the house's former owners and the property's long history.
(b) To share stories about the men who died in the farmhouse.
(c) To prove that she is not exaggerating about the number of men who died in the farmhouse.
(d) To get Eric's help in tending the graves and show Leo how to do it when he is feeling better.

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

4. What characteristic of the various owners of the farmhouse is most emphasized in the Prologue to Part Two?
(a) Their violent history.
(b) Their contributions to the nation.
(c) Their intense love of family.
(d) Their wealth and privilege.

5. What does Eric realize when Leo tells him about Toby choosing books for him?
(a) Toby was trying to control Leo the way he controlled Eric.
(b) Toby was trying to make Leo over into his image of Adam.
(c) Toby finally read the books that he previously just pretended to have read.
(d) Toby was recreating the literary education that Eric tried to give Toby.

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

7. When does the opening of Part Two, Act Two take place?
(a) Christmas Eve, 2017.
(b) Eric's thirty-fourth birthday.
(c) The morning after Eric's wedding.
(d) Election day, 2017.

8. What request does Leo make when he sees Eric's possessions arranged in the farmhouse?
(a) He asks for a notebook.
(b) He asks to see Eric's photos of Toby.
(c) He asks to borrow a book.
(d) He asks to listen to Ravel.

9. What is Henry's first concern when he learns that Leo is staying at the townhouse?
(a) That Leo will contaminate the guestroom that his sons use.
(b) That Leo will get Eric sick.
(c) That Leo is trying to blame him for his HIV infection.
(d) That Leo will not be grateful for the help Eric can offer him.

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

11. During the scene at the Free Clinic, what is revealed about how Leo has changed because of his relationship with Toby?
(a) He is desperate for others' approval.
(b) He is now addicted to meth.
(c) He is deeply cynical about love.
(d) He is now homeless.

12. Where is Cherry Grove?
(a) Upstate New York.
(b) Fire Island.
(c) The Hamptons.
(d) Manhattan.

13. What is the implied reason for the tense feeling at the rehearsals of Toby's play?
(a) Adam's nervousness about his performance.
(b) Toby's hostility toward Adam.
(c) Tom's jealousy toward Toby.
(d) Toby's fear about the critics' reactions.

14. What ideology does Henry tell Jason 2 his ideas about taxation fall into?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Libertarianism.
(d) Communism.

15. When Adam reminds Toby of his declaration of love and unwelcome sexual advances, how does Toby respond?
(a) He denies that any of this happened.
(b) He claims that Adam deliberately led him on.
(c) He implies that Adam was a willing participant.
(d) He tells Adam that it was not a big deal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Toby introduce Leo to during their summer trip?

2. Who is on the beach with Leo in the opening of Part Two, Act Two?

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

4. During their conversation about the Titanic, what is the "gold-plated lifeboat" that Tristan references (235)?

5. How does Toby describe to Adam what love feels like?

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