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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Before hanging up on Joe, for what does Hannah chastise him?
(a) Staying out late at night
(b) Being gay
(c) Drinking
(d) Leaving Salt Lake City

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

6. According to Aleksii in Act 1, Scene 1, what must the human race have in order to move forward?
(a) Hope
(b) Tenacity
(c) Theory
(d) Desire for Change

7. Which of the following is not an ingredient Belize suspects was used in the production of the salve he brings to Prior in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) Cheap perfume
(b) Kiwi fruit
(c) Jergens lotion
(d) Beeswax

8. Who does Harper realize is the "man with the knives?"
(a) Mr. Lies
(b) God
(c) Her father
(d) Joe

9. Which of the following is not an historical figure Roy considers a father figure?
(a) J. Edgar Hoover
(b) Walter Winchell
(c) Richard Helms
(d) Joe McCarthy

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

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

12. What is to be Prior Walter's role, according to his ancestors in Act 3, Scene1?
(a) Messiah
(b) Sacrifice
(c) Scribe
(d) Prophet

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

14. To what philosopher does Louis compare his world-view when speaking to Rabbi Chemelwitz?
(a) Schopenhauer
(b) Hegel
(c) Hobbes
(d) Descartes

15. What addition to the Antarctica of Act 3, Scene 3 confuses Mr. Lies?
(a) A deer
(b) A taxi
(c) An Eskimo
(d) A pizza

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country does Louis' Act 3, Scene 2, story of about subtle antisemitism abroad take place?

2. To what destination does the Homeless Woman give Hannah directions in Act 3, Scene 4?

3. What happens to Prior whenever he hears the celestial voice?

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

5. How much money did Roy borrow from one of his clients?

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