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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. Why does Sister Ella Chapter come to Hannah's house in Act 2, Chapter 10?

2. How many hot dogs is Joe eating when Louis sits with him in Act 2, Scene 7?

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

4. Who does Belize call as soon as he realize Roy Cohn has been admitted?

5. What famous instigator does Louis Ironson claim his grandmother saw speak?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what understanding concerning beliefs do Hannah and Prior come in Act 4, Scene 6?

2. What are Joe and Harper's secrets in Act 1, Scene 8?

3. Why does Belize want Louis to say Kaddish over Roy's body?

4. What happens to Prior in Act 2, Scene 1?

5. What does Louis say to Joe to upset him in Act 3, Scene 4?

6. How does Harper come to realize she is not in the Antarctic in Act 1, Scene 2?

7. How does Roy react to Joe's admission that he is staying with a man in Act 4, Scene 1?

8. What desperate question does Louis Ironson ask Rabbi Chemelwitz?

9. What is Prior's reaction to Belize's gift in Act 5, Scene 8?

10. How do Prior and Harper meet for the first time in the real world?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tony Kushner's play takes place almost entirely in New York City. This is the home of virtually every character, but he also has two other distinct settings that exist in the real world but exist in the play as fantastical realms. Write en essay about these two places. Why does Kushner choose them as fantastical lands? What is different about them? What do they represent?

Part 1) Antarctica

Part 2) San Fransisco

Essay Topic 2

Harper Pitt often communicated with people who are real but not presently in the room with her. In Kushner's world, her hallucinations provide her insight into absent people. Write an essay about three of these occasions. What does she learn from them? How do these experiences all fuel her paranoia and fear and make her feel more isolated?

Part 1) Her mutual dream with Prior in Millennium Approaches

Part 2) Joe Pitt's arrival in Antarctica in the beginning of Perestroika

Part 3) Joe and Louis's argument in the midst of the Diorama at the Mormon Visitor's Center

Essay Topic 3

The New York of Tony Kushner's play is a city of interlocking relationships that connect everyone to everyone else. Write an essay about the convoluted ways that people find each other and affect each other's lives. Focus on the connection these people have to each other and what they become in each other's presence:

Part 1) Roy and Belize

Part 2) Louis and Joe

Part 3) Hannah and Prior

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