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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 an historical figure Roy considers a father figure?
(a) Walter Winchell
(b) Joe McCarthy
(c) J. Edgar Hoover
(d) Richard Helms

2. What does Harper threaten to do if Joe walks out on her in Act 1, Scene 8?
(a) Board the first flight back to Salt Lake City
(b) Go to the roof and leap off
(c) Turn on the oven until the building fills with smoke
(d) Knock on doors until a man answers and have sex with him

3. According to Rabbi Chemelwitz, what do Jews believe in concerning sin?
(a) Attrition
(b) Guilt
(c) Forgiveness
(d) Abstention

4. To what does Joe Pitt compare his heart in Act 2, Scene 9?
(a) A dead planet
(b) A hot spike
(c) An overgrown garden
(d) A void

5. What does Harper bring with her when she enters in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) A pine tree
(b) A fishing spear
(c) A polar bear
(d) An oboe

6. Where is the apartment where Hannah arrives?
(a) Brooklyn
(b) Manhattan
(c) Queens
(d) The Bronx

7. How long did Hannah Pitt wait for Joe to pick her up at the airport?
(a) Five hours
(b) Two and a half hours
(c) Three and three quarters hours
(d) Four and a quarter hours

8. For what Broadway musical does Roy Cohn get tickets for Mrs. Hollins?
(a) Cats
(b) Les Miserables
(c) Le Cage aux Folles
(d) A Little Night Music

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

10. According to Prior's rant in the beginning of Act 3, Scene 7, the Recording Angel snaps the spine of what book?
(a) The Book of the Dead
(b) The Book of Days
(c) The Book of Heaven
(d) The Book of Life

11. Which of the following is not a symptom that Prior lists off to Louis in Act 1, Scene 8?
(a) Defecating blood
(b) New lesions
(c) Blacking out
(d) Protein in urine

12. In what city does Roy believe he met Mormons?
(a) St. Louis
(b) Rapid City
(c) Las Vegas
(d) Salt Lake City

13. In what city does the main portion of Act 1, Scene 1 of Perestroika take place?
(a) New York
(b) Moscow
(c) Salt Lake City
(d) Washington

14. Who has the last line of Millennium Approaches?
(a) Prior
(b) The Angel
(c) Joe
(d) Louis

15. Who does Belize call as soon as he realize Roy Cohn has been admitted?
(a) His mother
(b) Prior
(c) Louis
(d) His partner

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Louis in Act 3, Scene 7, what do he and Joe have in common?

2. What is the one thing Prior begs Louis not to do in Act 2, Scene 1?

3. What liquid does Harper theorize will come from her breasts after she gives birth to her Antarctic baby in Act 3, Scene 2?

4. Why, according to Joe, does he not want to have sex with Harper most days?

5. What does Roy offer to do for Joe to help his decision regarding Washington in Act 2, Scene 4?

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