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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Harper believes there's a man in their bedroom with what in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) A rope.
(b) A knife.
(c) A flashlight.
(d) A gun.

2. What is embroidered on the shawl over the casket in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) A cross.
(b) An American Flag.
(c) A Star of David.
(d) A rose.

3. What does Prior say that Louis gets at family gatherings in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Butch.
(b) Gay.
(c) Scared.
(d) Childish.

4. What does Prior show Louis on his arm in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) A bruise.
(b) A scar.
(c) A tattoo.
(d) A lesion.

5. What is the rabbi's name in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Isidor Chemelwitz.
(b) Isidor Rosenberg.
(c) Chaim Potok.
(d) Chaim Chemelwitz.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Voice tells Prior in Act 2, Scene 5 that it is a messenger and not a what?

2. What does Roy say the father-son relationship is to life in Act 2, Scene 4?

3. Act 1, Scene 9 take place in whose office?

4. Where does Harper tell Joe he should go in Act 2, Scene 2?

5. What does Harper tell Joe in Act 1, Scene 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relationship that Louis has with Judaism as shown in Act 1. How does the rabbi know Louis' grandmother?

2. What does Henry tell Roy in Act 1, Scene 9? What is Roy's response?

3. What does the title "In Vitro" mean in the play?

4. What is Joe's response when Harper solicits him sexually in Act 1, Scene 5? Why?

5. What does Prior say of Louis' behavior at the funeral in Act 1, Scene 4?

6. What conversation takes place between Louis and Emily in Act 2, Scene 3?

7. What is symbolic about Louis' intimate interaction with the stranger in the park in Act 2, Scene 4?

8. How does Harper feel about Joe's job offer in Act 1, Scene 5? How does Joe feel?

9. What is Roy's response when Joe asks him not to use the Lord's name in vain in Act 1, Scene 2? What does he offer Joe in this scene?

10. What is Prior's state in the beginning of Act 2?

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