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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Act 4, Scene 9 | Part 2: Act 5, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Rabbi Chemelwitz, what do Jews believe in concerning sin?
(a) Forgiveness
(b) Guilt
(c) Abstention
(d) Attrition

2. For doing what does Hannah chastise the policeman she speaks to on the phone in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Taking the Lord's name in vain
(b) Laughing
(c) Calling her "lady"
(d) Calling so late

3. Of what Bible story was the picture that obsessed Joe at a young age?
(a) David and Bathsheba
(b) Saul on the road to Taursus
(c) The raising of Lazarus
(d) Jacob wrestling the Angel

4. Which of the following major characters is not onstage at the end of Act 3, Scene 6?
(a) Prior
(b) Roy
(c) Louis
(d) Hannah

5. To what does Louis compare the gash on his forehead?
(a) The scarlet letter
(b) An Ash Wednesday marking
(c) The stigmata
(d) The mark of Cain

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Joe in Act 4, Scene 4, why did he travel from Utah to New York?

2. Which of the following books written by presidents is not mentioned in Act 4, Scene 8?

3. Which of the following is not a reason Joe gives for declining Roy's Justice Department offer in Act 3, Scene 5?

4. What are the "prophet birds" in Belize's heaven?

5. What does Henry tell Belize he should have in Act 1, Scene 4?

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