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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which borough of New York is Hannah Pitt lost in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) Queens
(b) Manhattan
(c) Brooklyn
(d) Bronx

2. What does Henry tell Belize he should have in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Extra clipboards
(b) Roy's file
(c) Additional staff
(d) White scrubs

3. What do homosexuals lack, according to Roy?
(a) Clout
(b) Ethics
(c) Foresight
(d) A history

4. Where does Harper think she heard the man with the knife in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) On the fire escape
(b) In bed
(c) In the shower
(d) In the closet

5. To what does Joe Pitt compare his heart in Act 2, Scene 9?
(a) An overgrown garden
(b) A dead planet
(c) A hot spike
(d) A void

6. What is the one thing Prior begs Louis not to do in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Leave him
(b) Freak out
(c) Call the hospital
(d) Touch him

7. Why does Prior not tell Louis about his first lesion immediately?
(a) He was denying it to himself
(b) He doesn't want to worry Louis
(c) He wanted to get a second opinion from a doctor
(d) He fears Louis will leave him

8. Who has the last line of Millennium Approaches?
(a) The Angel
(b) Prior
(c) Joe
(d) Louis

9. What does Louis worry aloud will happen to Joe if he touches him in Act 3, Scene 7?
(a) His hand will fall off
(b) They will both die
(c) He will fall in love with Louis
(d) He will see Louis's iniquity

10. What revelation does Prior make to Harper in their shared dream state?
(a) The world is ending
(b) Her husband is gay
(c) She will ahve to go to Washington
(d) She is pregnant

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

12. Which of the following characters does not appear in Act 2, Scene 9?
(a) Mr. Lies
(b) Belize
(c) Prior
(d) Joe

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

14. From what dead figure does Ethel Rosenberg send a "hello" in Act 3, Scene 5?
(a) Lenin
(b) Her husband
(c) Joseph Welch
(d) Whitaker Chambers

15. Why can Louis and the Man not go back to the Man's house in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) The Man does not trust Louis
(b) The Man lives with his parents
(c) The Man is homeless
(d) The Man has a partner at home

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hot dogs is Joe eating when Louis sits with him in Act 2, Scene 7?

2. According to Prior, of what is Louis incapable?

3. Where is the pay phone that Joe uses to call his mother in Act 2, Scene 8?

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

5. To what philosopher does Louis compare his world-view when speaking to Rabbi Chemelwitz?

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