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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 a symptom that Prior lists off to Louis in Act 1, Scene 8?
(a) New lesions
(b) Protein in urine
(c) Blacking out
(d) Defecating blood

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

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

4. According to Prior, of what is Louis incapable?
(a) Accepting responsibility
(b) Caring
(c) Living
(d) Loving

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

6. 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) Go to the roof and leap off
(c) Turn on the oven until the building fills with smoke
(d) Board the first flight back to Salt Lake City

7. What is the title of the paperback novel that Belize quotes in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Love's Breath in the Wind
(b) Cold Hands of the Morning
(c) In Love with the Night Mysterious
(d) Silence of Ragged Plains

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. Why, according to Joe, does he not want to have sex with Harper most days?
(a) He is tired from work
(b) She makes him feel small
(c) She is ugly when high
(d) He does not love her anymore

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

11. 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) Pay to move Harper back to Salt Lake City
(c) Represent him in divorce proceedings
(d) Take care of paperwork for Harper's committal

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

13. What does Louis worry aloud will happen to Joe if he touches him in Act 3, Scene 7?
(a) He will fall in love with Louis
(b) They will both die
(c) He will see Louis's iniquity
(d) His hand will fall off

14. Where in his apartment is Prior at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) On the floor
(b) In the bed
(c) On the sofa
(d) In the bath tub

15. Which of the following qualities does Roy says he does not possess in Act 3, Scene 5?
(a) Niceness
(b) Contentment
(c) Weakness
(d) Empathy

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Joe Pitt say he has to do before accepting a job with the Justice Department?

3. In Prior's drag dream, at what age does he fear he will die?

4. Who does Belize call as soon as he realize Roy Cohn has been admitted?

5. How many bastards have crept into the Prior Walter bloodline, according to Prior 1?

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