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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Joe in Act 2, Scene 8?
(a) Prospect Park.
(b) Central Park.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) Grand Central Station.

2. What does Prior say that Louis' actions are in Act 2, Scene 9?
(a) Criminal.
(b) Malignant.
(c) Understandable.
(d) Justified.

3. Who appears to Prior to dance with him in Act 3, Scene 6?
(a) Hannah.
(b) Joe.
(c) Louis.
(d) Harper.

4. Who is the letter from that Roy shows to Joe in Act 2, Scene 6?
(a) The New York State Bar Association.
(b) The President.
(c) The Justice of the Defense.
(d) The District Attorney.

5. What is Sister Ella Chapter's job?
(a) Bible saleswoman.
(b) Newspaper editor.
(c) Nanny.
(d) Real-estate saleswoman.

6. Who does Louis say are still terribly anti-Semitic and racist in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Germans.
(b) The British.
(c) Republicans.
(d) Americans.

7. What does Prior pretend to be in Act 2, Scene 9?
(a) A lawyer.
(b) A drag queen.
(c) A nurse.
(d) A judge.

8. Louis asks Joe if he knows the story of whom in Act 3, Scene 7?
(a) Lazarus.
(b) Job.
(c) Moses.
(d) Noah.

9. What year is it in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1994.

10. What is Martin's last name in the play?
(a) Heller.
(b) Johnson.
(c) Parker.
(d) Schwartz.

11. Martin says in Act 2, Scene 6 that the Republican party has the White House locked until what year?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1988.
(c) 2004.
(d) 1984.

12. How long did Louis and Prior live together?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 6 and 1/2 years.
(c) 4 and 1/2 years.
(d) 10 and 1/2 years.

13. What does Hannah say the conversation with Joe is in Act 2, Scene 8?
(a) Maudlin.
(b) Sick.
(c) Disturbing.
(d) Trifling.

14. Where does Roy want Joe to take a job?
(a) Democratic Party.
(b) Justice Department.
(c) Bar Association.
(d) Presidential Cabinet.

15. Where does Act 3, Scene 5 take place?
(a) Roy's apartment.
(b) Joe's apartment.
(c) The hospital.
(d) Antarctica.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Hannah and Sister Ella Chapter discussing in Act 2, Scene 10?

2. What does Louis wipe off of Joe's face in Act 2, Scene 7?

3. What does Hannah get directions for from the homeless woman in Act 3, Scene 4?

4. What does Louis smell at the end of Act 3, Scene 2?

5. Why was Joe in the hospital in Act 3, Scene 5?

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