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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Harper think she heard the man with the knife in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) In the closet
(b) In the shower
(c) In bed
(d) On the fire escape

2. Where is Hannah in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Joe's apartment
(b) The Mariott Marquis
(c) The Mormon Visitor's Center
(d) Grand Central Station

3. According to Prior in Act 2, Scene 5, how long has he been in the hospital?
(a) A week and and a half
(b) 2 days
(c) An eternity
(d) He does not remember

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

5. From what dead figure does Ethel Rosenberg send a "hello" in Act 3, Scene 5?
(a) Whitaker Chambers
(b) Lenin
(c) Joseph Welch
(d) Her husband

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

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

8. What characteristic of Hannah's does Sister Ella Chapter like most?
(a) Her unfriendliness
(b) Her unpresupposing manner
(c) Her quietness
(d) Her style fo dress

9. in what famous English record is one of Prior Walter's ancestors featured?
(a) Bede's Ecclesiastical History
(b) The Domesday Book
(c) The Bayeux Tapestry
(d) Hobein's Ambassadors

10. 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) Go to the roof and leap off
(d) Turn on the oven until the building fills with smoke

11. For doing what does Hannah chastise the policeman she speaks to on the phone in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Taking the Lord's name in vain
(b) Laughing
(c) Calling so late
(d) Calling her "lady"

12. Why is Harper confused by seeing Prior in her hallucination?
(a) She never has visitors in her hallucinations
(b) She has never met him
(c) She did not think she took that much Valium
(d) She rarely sees drag queens

13. Who did Joe Pitt vote for in the last presidential election?
(a) He did not vote
(b) He will not say
(c) Mondale
(d) Reagan

14. In which borough of New York is Hannah Pitt lost in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) Brooklyn
(b) Manhattan
(c) Bronx
(d) Queens

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in his apartment is Prior at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1?

2. For what Broadway musical does Roy Cohn get tickets for Mrs. Hollins?

3. To what film director's work does Prior compare his room in Act 3, Scene 7?

4. What is Mr. Lies' career?

5. What do homosexuals lack, according to Roy?

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