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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Joe in Act 4, Scene 4, why did he travel from Utah to New York?
(a) To find a place where Harper wouldn't stick out
(b) To follow his heart
(c) To be a real lawyer
(d) To get away from Hannah

2. What does the Mormon Mother smell that indicates that her husband is returning?
(a) Fire
(b) Honey
(c) Salt
(d) Decay

3. What color is the star of Ethel Rosenberg's hate?
(a) White
(b) Green
(c) Blue
(d) Red

4. Who does Roy Cohn call in Act 1, Scene 5, to get his own stash of AZT?
(a) Martin Heller
(b) Ed Meese
(c) Joe Pitt
(d) Nancy Reagan

5. In Act 1, Scene 6, what slang term does Louis use to describe the neighborhood where he lives?
(a) Loisada
(b) Alphabetland
(c) The Boogie Down
(d) El Barrio

6. According to Belize in Act 2, Scene 5, what has Roy lost because he is in a hospital?
(a) Private property
(b) Free speech
(c) Privacy
(d) Constitutional rights

7. What does Harper do when Joe begs her not to leave him?
(a) Cries
(b) Laughs
(c) Stays
(d) Slaps him

8. Where in Prior's apartment are the Sacred Prophetic Implements?
(a) The bathroom
(b) In the television
(c) Under his bed
(d) The kitchen

9. What adjective does Hannah use to describe homosexuality in Act 4, Scene 6?
(a) Sad
(b) Degenerate
(c) Misguided
(d) Ungainly

10. According to Sarah Ironson, what is central to the Jewish Way?
(a) Guilt
(b) Fear
(c) Struggle
(d) Resilience

11. When Prior asks Harper if she is a Mormon in Act 3, Scene 3, what does she say she is?
(a) A psuedo-Mormon
(b) An apostate
(c) A Moron
(d) A jack Mormon

12. What 1986 event are the Continental Principalities discussing at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 5?
(a) Challenger explosion
(b) Iran Contra Affair
(c) Chernobyl disaster
(d) Hands Across America

13. As of the Epilogue, how many years has Prior been living with AIDS?
(a) 8
(b) 3
(c) 10
(d) 5

14. From where does Harper retrieve her Valium stash before leaving Joe?
(a) The couch
(b) The toilet tank
(c) Her purse
(d) The microwave

15. What historical twentieth century event happened the day God abandoned the Angels?
(a) V-J Day
(b) Black Tuesday
(c) The Stonewall Riots
(d) The Great San Francisco Earthquake

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the dead all play cards in heaven?

2. What does Roy say in Act 2, Scene 5 that he most respects about black Americans?

3. How is Prior's sight deteriorating?

4. At the end of Act 4, Scene 8, Louis compares his fight with Joe to a sex scene in a book by what author?

5. According to Prior, essentially what is AZT?

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