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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of Louis' attire in Act 5, Scene 3 does Belize think is ridiculous?
(a) His hat
(b) His running shoes
(c) His glasses
(d) His scarf

2. What did Harper do with her shoes prior to Act 4, Scene 5?
(a) She burned them
(b) She threw them in the river
(c) She gave them to a homeless woman
(d) She lost them in the subway

3. What is the last word that Roy Cohn says before dying?
(a) Thanks
(b) Fuck
(c) Octopus
(d) Hold

4. In what part of the Angel's body has a torn muscle after she wrestles Prior in Act 5, Scene 1?
(a) Her wrist
(b) Her shoulder
(c) Her ankle
(d) Her thigh

5. Which of the following characters never goes to the Afterlife in Angels in America?
(a) Hannah
(b) Roy
(c) Prior
(d) Harper

6. What news does Ethel Rosenberg deliver to Roy in Act 4, Scene 9?
(a) The papers know he has AIDS
(b) He has been disbarred
(c) He has died
(d) She and Julius are in heaven

7. How is Prior's sight deteriorating?
(a) He is becoming color-blind
(b) He is losing his depth-perception
(c) His peripheral vision is deteriorating
(d) He is blind in his left eye

8. At the beginning of Act 4, Scene 7, Harper ask Joe why he does what during sex?
(a) Remains silent
(b) Closes his eyes
(c) Weeps
(d) Covers her mouth

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

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

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

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) Hands Across America
(d) Chernobyl disaster

13. In Act 4, Scene 4, Prior tells Hannah it would be her lucky day if he was what?
(a) A hairdresser
(b) Straight
(c) A Mormon
(d) Stronger

14. What character from the play wanders into the diorama in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Prior
(b) Louis
(c) Hannah
(d) Belize

15. What shocking piece of information does Joe tell Louis in the beginning of Act 3?
(a) He loves Louis
(b) He is a Mormon
(c) He is married
(d) He is moving to Washington

Short Answer Questions

1. What piece of information about Joe does Prior surprise Louis by knowing in Act 4, Scene 1?

2. What treatment does Belize warn Roy to skip in Act 1, Scene 5?

3. In what year is the diorama at the Mormon Visitor's Center supposed to take place?

4. What is Louis doing when Joe enters his apartment at the beginning of Act 4, Scene 8?

5. What happens to Hannah when the Angel kisses her in Act 5, Scene 1?

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