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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mr. Lies' career?
(a) Reporter
(b) Hustler
(c) Pharmacist
(d) Travel agent

2. What happens to Prior whenever he hears the celestial voice?
(a) He becomes paralyzed
(b) He pisses himself
(c) He sweats profusely
(d) He gets an erection

3. Why does Sister Ella Chapter come to Hannah's house in Act 2, Chapter 10?
(a) To sell the house
(b) To borrow her car
(c) To have lunch
(d) To help her pack

4. How many hot dogs is Joe eating when Louis sits with him in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) 5
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4

5. What does Joe Pitt say he has to do before accepting a job with the Justice Department?
(a) Ask his wife
(b) Pray about it
(c) Sublet his apartment
(d) Quit his current job

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

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

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

9. What does Prior do while Louis is on the phone in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Leaves the apartment
(b) Cries
(c) Soils himself
(d) Passes out

10. What is Prior and Louis' cat's name?
(a) Stella
(b) Blanche
(c) Sheba
(d) Maggie

11. To what does Louis compare the gash on his forehead?
(a) An Ash Wednesday marking
(b) The stigmata
(c) The scarlet letter
(d) The mark of Cain

12. In what room of the Brooklyn Federal Court of Appeals does Act 1; Scene 6 take place?
(a) The clerical pool
(b) The bathroom
(c) The cafeteria
(d) The central court

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

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

15. How much money did Roy borrow from one of his clients?
(a) An undisclosed amount
(b) 5 million dollars
(c) 1 million dollars
(d) 500,000 dollars

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Prior in Act 2, Scene 5, how long has he been in the hospital?

2. Which of the following is not a prediction Harper makes about the coming of the Millennium?

3. In what city does Roy believe he met Mormons?

4. What does Henry tell Belize he should have in Act 1, Scene 4?

5. What is the title of the paperback novel that Belize quotes in Act 3, Scene 2?

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