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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Act 3, Scene 4 | Part 2: Act 3, Scene 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Prior's rant in the beginning of Act 3, Scene 7, the Recording Angel snaps the spine of what book?
(a) The Book of Days
(b) The Book of Life
(c) The Book of the Dead
(d) The Book of Heaven

2. What commodity did Prior's ship captain ancestor bring to England?
(a) Whale oil
(b) Chippendale furniture
(c) Tropical fruit
(d) Cattle

3. From where did the plague that killed Prior 2 originate?
(a) Potatoes
(b) Rats
(c) Fleas
(d) Water pump

4. Of what Bible story was the picture that obsessed Joe at a young age?
(a) The raising of Lazarus
(b) David and Bathsheba
(c) Saul on the road to Taursus
(d) Jacob wrestling the Angel

5. In Act 1, Scene 9, who does Roy claim he can reach on the phone in five minutes?
(a) Ronald Reagan
(b) Nancy Reagan
(c) Alexander Haig
(d) Ed Meese

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following major characters is not onstage at the end of Act 3, Scene 6?

2. What does Harper threaten to do if Joe walks out on her in Act 1, Scene 8?

3. To what does Louis compare the gash on his forehead?

4. How much money did Roy borrow from one of his clients?

5. What does Joe do in Act 3, Scene 4, to prove his love for Louis?

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