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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 does Harper say the snow smells like in Act 3, Scene 3?

2. Where did Joe forget to meet Hannah in Act 3, Scene 4?

3. Where is Joe in Act 2, Scene 8?

4. Who or what does Harper decide she wants as a companion in Act 3, Scene 3?

5. Where does Louis ask Joe to go in Act 3, Scene 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Roy say his greatest pride is in Act 3, Scene 5? What is Joe's response?

2. What is Joe's confession to Harper in Act 2, Scene 9?

3. What is Roy's fate in the end of Act 3, Scene 5?

4. What does Joe tell Roy in Act 3, Scene 5? What is Roy's response?

5. How does Harper's world relate to Roy's in Act 3?

6. What is the political background that Kushner represents in Act 2, Scene 6? How does this represent the relationships in the play?

7. Where does Act 3, Scene 4 take place?

8. Who is the second visitor who appears to Prior in Act 3, Scene 1? What does he tell Prior?

9. Why does Joe call his mother in Act 2, Scene 8? What is her initial response?

10. How does Harper feel about where she is in Act 3, Scene 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the character of Roy Cohn and his real-life model. Who is Ethel Rosenberg? What is the significance of her character's appearance at the end of the play?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the similarities and differences between Judaism and Mormonism in the play. What do these religions share? How are they different? What ties does each have to America?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Prior's feelings about the approach of the Angel. What happens to him when the Voice speaks to him? Why?

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