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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Hannah Pitt wait for Joe to pick her up at the airport?

2. What does Harper bring with her when she enters in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. Where is Hannah in Act 1, Scene 3?

4. In what city does Roy believe he met Mormons?

5. What is the identity of Harper's Eskimo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What trick does Roy Cohn play on Ethel Rosenberg at the end of Act 4?

2. How do Prior and Harper meet for the first time in the real world?

3. Why does Harper not want to stay in heaven in Act 5, Scene 2?

4. How does Harper come to realize she is not in the Antarctic in Act 1, Scene 2?

5. What call does Hannah receive as soon as she arrives at Joe's apartment?

6. Describe the first meeting between Louis and Joe.

7. Describe Roy's response to Belize in Act 1, Scene 5.

8. Which of Louis' assertions particularly offends Belize in Act 3, Scene 2?

9. What revelation of Roy's past shocks Joe in Act 3, Scene 6?

10. To what understanding concerning beliefs do Hannah and Prior come in Act 4, Scene 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Harper Pitt often communicated with people who are real but not presently in the room with her. In Kushner's world, her hallucinations provide her insight into absent people. Write an essay about three of these occasions. What does she learn from them? How do these experiences all fuel her paranoia and fear and make her feel more isolated?

Part 1) Her mutual dream with Prior in Millennium Approaches

Part 2) Joe Pitt's arrival in Antarctica in the beginning of Perestroika

Part 3) Joe and Louis's argument in the midst of the Diorama at the Mormon Visitor's Center

Essay Topic 2

Tony Kushner's play takes place almost entirely in New York City. This is the home of virtually every character, but he also has two other distinct settings that exist in the real world but exist in the play as fantastical realms. Write en essay about these two places. Why does Kushner choose them as fantastical lands? What is different about them? What do they represent?

Part 1) Antarctica

Part 2) San Fransisco

Essay Topic 3

Some critics characterize Angels in America as a magical realist work. In magical realism, the realistic and the paranormal exist at the same time in the narrative. More importantly, though, in a magical realist work the characters accept these paranormal elements without question. Write an essay detailing whether you think Angels in America is a magical realist work. Use specific examples from the text and interpretation of these examples to defend your position.

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