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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not something Prior keeps in his bed to ward off spirits in Act 3, Scene 6?
(a) Garlic
(b) A crucifix
(c) A wooden stake
(d) A mirror

2. What does Roy offer to do for Joe to help his decision regarding Washington in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Pay for a townhouse and car in Washington
(b) Take care of paperwork for Harper's committal
(c) Represent him in divorce proceedings
(d) Pay to move Harper back to Salt Lake City

3. What instrument plays the dance tune to which Prior and Louis dance in Act 3, Scene 6?
(a) Cello
(b) Piano
(c) Oboe
(d) Violin

4. What does Louis ask Emily to tell Prior when he wakes in the hospital?
(a) He had to go
(b) Get better
(c) He'll be back soon
(d) He love him

5. Which of the following names does Rabbi Chemelwitz accuse of being goyish?
(a) Maria
(b) Mark
(c) Lesley
(d) Eric

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

7. Which of the following is not a prediction Harper makes about the coming of the Millennium?
(a) A new harvest will grow
(b) Christ will return to Earth
(c) The ozone layer will heal itself
(d) The Troubles will come

8. Whom does Louis imply is gay in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) Rock Hudson
(b) Ed Koch
(c) Vice President Bush
(d) Ron Reagan, Jr.

9. In Act 1, Scene 9, who does Roy claim he can reach on the phone in five minutes?
(a) Nancy Reagan
(b) Ronald Reagan
(c) Ed Meese
(d) Alexander Haig

10. From what organization is the latter that Roy gives Joe in Act 2, Scene 6?
(a) The Better Business Bureau
(b) The Department of Justice
(c) The FBI
(d) The National Bar Association

11. From where did the plague that killed Prior 2 originate?
(a) Potatoes
(b) Fleas
(c) Rats
(d) Water pump

12. What does Joe blame for Harper's pills in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Her addictive personality
(b) Her abusive father
(c) Her loneliness
(d) Her never having a job

13. In Act 2, Scene 7, Joe wonders aloud if who ever loved him?
(a) Hannah Pitt
(b) His father
(c) Harper
(d) God

14. What do homosexuals lack, according to Roy?
(a) Foresight
(b) A history
(c) Ethics
(d) Clout

15. Where is the pay phone that Joe uses to call his mother in Act 2, Scene 8?
(a) Central Park
(b) Chambers Street
(c) Penn Station
(d) East 57th Street

Short Answer Questions

1. From what dead figure does Ethel Rosenberg send a "hello" in Act 3, Scene 5?

2. What does Harper threaten to do if Joe walks out on her in Act 1, Scene 8?

3. To what does Joe Pitt compare his heart in Act 2, Scene 9?

4. According to Prior's rant in the beginning of Act 3, Scene 7, the Recording Angel snaps the spine of what book?

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

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