IsType and IsType(object, object) throwing IsTypeException

Question

I am attempting to assert that an object being returned by a method call is of the type List, so using xUnit I have tried the following:

Answer 1

The first argument for Assert.IsType should be the object itself not its type, the following should not throw:

var expected = typeof(List<MyClass>);
var actual = Method();

Assert.IsType<List<MyClass>>(actual);
Assert.IsType(expected, actual);