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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two characters are already married in Act One?
(a) Jason 1 and Jason 2.
(b) Jasper and Jason 1.
(c) Tristan and Jasper.
(d) Jason 2 and Tristan.

2. In Act Three, Scene Two, what gift does Henry bring Eric?
(a) A small painting of the farmhouse.
(b) A pair of gold cuff links.
(c) An antique mantle clock.
(d) A crystal wine decanter.

3. What starts the Act Two, Scene Three fight between Eric and Toby?
(a) Toby discovers that they are losing the apartment.
(b) Toby tells Eric that he is moving to Chicago.
(c) Eric discovers that Toby slept with Adam.
(d) Eric tells Toby that he hates Toby's play.

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

5. What is Toby's response to the successful opening of his play?
(a) He tells Eric to book the fanciest wedding venue in New York.
(b) He announces that he is starting his second novel.
(c) He flies to L.A. to fire his agent and get a new one.
(d) He starts looking for a permanent place to live in Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jasper respond to Eric's request about work?

2. What college did Adam, Eric, and Jasper all attend?

3. What is in the note delivered to Henry at the end of Act Two?

4. Under what condition does Henry offer to rent Eric an apartment?

5. According to Walter, what is Henry's attitude toward their relationship?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Eric come to live in such a nice apartment, and what issue is he facing with this apartment in Act One?

2. At dinner with Henry and his sons, what innocent joke does Eric make and why does it so alarm Paul and Charles?

3. What is the main point of the poem fragment "Hidden" that serves as the book's epigraph?

4. During their argument in Act Two, Scene Three, what does Eric have to say about Toby's writing?

5. In Act Three, Scene Three, how does Toby's description of his life contrast with Morgan's commentary?

6. When Walter comes to the apartment for dinner, what similarity do he and Eric recognize in their relationships?

7. What is ironic about Jason 2's question to Walter about whether Walter worries about what will happen if Henry dies first?

8. What advice does Henry offer Eric after Eric says that it feels to him as if the world is falling apart?

9. Why is the night of November 8, 2016 thematically significant?

10. Which character does Young Man 10 become in Act One, and how does this make sense with his lines in the Prologue?

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