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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. What is Joe drinking in Act 2, Scene 4?

2. What does Roy Cohn say he wish he were in the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?

3. What is embroidered on the shawl over the casket in Act 1, Scene 1?

4. What does Louis thank Joe for in the end of Act 1, Scene 6?

5. What year does Harper say it is in Act 1, Scene 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Belize and what do he and Prior talk about in Act 2, Scene 5?

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

4. What does Joe want in Act 2 in regard to self destruction?

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

6. What advice does Louis solicit from the rabbi in Act 1, Scene 5?

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

8. How does Louis and Prior's relationship and Joe and Harper's relationship mirror each other in Act 2?

9. What does Roy say to Joe about love and responsibility in Act 2, Scene 4?

10. How does religion apply to the characters of Joe and Prior in Millennium Approaches?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the characters of Harper and Hannah in Millennium Approaches. What is common to these characters? What are their differences?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the parallels of the relationship between Harper and Joe and that of Louis and Prior. How does Kushner illuminate those parallels?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Joe go walking in Central Park? What does this represent symbolically in Joe's world?

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