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

Short Answer Questions

1. What 1986 event are the Continental Principalities discussing at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 5?

2. During what type of surgery did Roy Cohn convince the anesthesiologist to let him stay awake?

3. From what poor, malfunctioning machine do the Principalities get their news?

4. Which of the following is not an element Louis uses to describe Joe's taste in Act 1, Scene 6?

5. What is Hannah's response to Prior when he asks in what God does to prophets who refuse their vision?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Louis is a character concerned with self-loathing. Write an essay on the source and progression of this self-hate. From what act does this guilt stem? What does Louis do to try to stem the tide of guilt that threatens to overwhelm him? What expiates Louis from this loathing, and how is he left at the end of the play?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about the motivations and objectives of Harper Pitt. Her actions seem kinetic and meaningless to Hannah and Joe, but she is driven by something deep and ingrained in her psyche. What drives Harper to gobble Valium and act madly? Cite statements made both by her and by Joe to examine the meaning behind her madness.

Essay Topic 3

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

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