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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the hotel room where Toby writes his second play?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) New York.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Alabama.

2. What is Eric's reaction to Toby's email about his new play?
(a) He tells Toby about Leo's condition and asks whether Toby feels responsible.
(b) He expresses concern and asks Toby to meet him at the farmhouse.
(c) He reminds Toby of the things Toby said at the wedding and asks Toby to stop contacting him.
(d) He promises to read the play soon and wishes Toby well.

3. What does the doorman tell Leo not to touch in Toby's apartment?
(a) Money.
(b) A note.
(c) Books.
(d) An umbrella.

4. As Eric and Leo drive to the farmhouse, what is Eric feeling anxious about?
(a) He worries that he is simply copying Walter instead of being himself.
(b) He worries that he will not know how to help Leo.
(c) He worries that Toby will find them at the farmhouse.
(d) He worries about how Henry will react to his decision.

5. During his Act Two, Scene Two conversation with Eric, what does Henry admit he feels guilty about?
(a) His reaction to Peter West and the other men dying at the farmhouse.
(b) Not loving Walter as he deserved to be loved.
(c) His decision to keep the farmhouse from Eric.
(d) Not using his money to support the gay community.

6. How much time elapses between when Eric and Leo run into one another at Toby's apartment and the scene where Leo wakes up next to a man he does not know?
(a) A few months.
(b) Nearly a year.
(c) A few weeks.
(d) A few days.

7. What is implied by Leo's reaction to Toby's question about where he lives?
(a) Leo is afraid of Toby.
(b) Leo is a private person.
(c) Leo is homeless.
(d) Leo is shifty and dishonest.

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

9. Why does Eric leave Leo outside the farmhouse when they first arrive?
(a) He needs to go get the key from the caretaker's house.
(b) He needs to find someone to help him get Leo inside.
(c) He wants to go into the farmhouse alone for a moment.
(d) He wants to gather some wildflowers.

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

11. What does the caretaker tell Eric about the list of names of the men who died at the farmhouse?
(a) Walter burned the list before his death.
(b) Walter left the list to a New York historical society.
(c) Walter hoped to put the names on a memorial.
(d) Walter had it memorized.

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

13. What does Toby discover that Leo has been writing?
(a) Poetry.
(b) A memoir.
(c) A play.
(d) A novel.

14. Of the criticisms of Eric's character that Henry makes in Act One, which does Eric imply is also a flaw of Henry's?
(a) Stubbornness.
(b) Inability to accept compliments.
(c) Romanticism.
(d) Impracticality.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Tucker?

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

4. During the scene at the Free Clinic, what is revealed about how Leo has changed because of his relationship with Toby?

5. What is in the envelope that Eric leaves on the table when he leaves the bar after talking to Toby?

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