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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Hannah and Prior say they have in common in Act 5, Scene 8?
(a) They both need someone by their side
(b) They both rely on the kindness of strangers
(c) They both had peculiar dreams
(d) They both saw an Angel

2. Which of the following major characters is not onstage at the end of Act 3, Scene 6?
(a) Roy
(b) Hannah
(c) Louis
(d) Prior

3. What does Roy say in Act 2, Scene 5 that he most respects about black Americans?
(a) They cost less as labor
(b) They rarely vote
(c) They believe in a higher power
(d) They never went Communist

4. Which of the following adjectives is not one that Belize uses in his comparison of Roy Cohn and America in Act 4, Scene 3?
(a) Crazy
(b) Mean
(c) Racist
(d) Terminal

5. To where is Harper traveling in Act 5, Scene 10?
(a) San Fransisco
(b) London
(c) Salt Lake City
(d) Washington D.C.

6. At the beginning of Act 4, Scene 7, Harper ask Joe why he does what during sex?
(a) Covers her mouth
(b) Closes his eyes
(c) Weeps
(d) Remains silent

7. What recent diplomatic event sickens Roy Cohn?
(a) Carter's Camp David Accords
(b) Nixon meeting with Mao Zedong
(c) Reagan and Gorbachev in Rejkavec
(d) Kruschev at the UN

8. What does Prior request the Principalities bless him with at the end of Act 5, Scene 5?
(a) More life
(b) Eternity in heaven
(c) Strength
(d) Health and happiness

9. Who does Roy Cohn call in Act 1, Scene 5, to get his own stash of AZT?
(a) Martin Heller
(b) Nancy Reagan
(c) Ed Meese
(d) Joe Pitt

10. What neighborhood in Brooklyn are the Mormon Mother and Harper in Act 3, Scene 6?
(a) Windsor Terrace
(b) Brooklyn Heights
(c) DUMBO
(d) Park Slope

11. Which of the following characters is not in the Epilogue of the play?
(a) Hannah Pitt
(b) Prior Walter
(c) Belize
(d) Joe Pitt

12. Why do the dead all play cards in heaven?
(a) They have nothing else to do
(b) They all abstained from it on Earth
(c) One does not have to talk
(d) There is a possibility of chance

13. According to Sarah Ironson, what is central to the Jewish Way?
(a) Guilt
(b) Fear
(c) Resilience
(d) Struggle

14. What does Harper demand of Joe in the beginning of Act 5, Scene 9?
(a) His credit card
(b) His temple garment
(c) His forgiveness
(d) His wedding band

15. In Act 1, Scene 6, what slang term does Louis use to describe the neighborhood where he lives?
(a) Loisada
(b) Alphabetland
(c) The Boogie Down
(d) El Barrio

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where in Prior's apartment are the Sacred Prophetic Implements?

3. At the end of Act 4, Scene 6, what does Prior say Hannah does to him?

4. Who is next to Prior when he returns to his hospital bed in Act 5, Scene 8?

5. Hoe does the Angel's communication with Heaven manifest itself onstage?

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