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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Prior Walter's response to the Angel at the end Of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Help!
(b) Go away.
(c) Bless me.
(d) Who are you?

3. What does Henry tell Belize he should have in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) White scrubs
(b) Extra clipboards
(c) Additional staff
(d) Roy's file

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

5. What does Roy offer to do for Joe to help his decision regarding Washington in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Represent him in divorce proceedings
(b) Pay to move Harper back to Salt Lake City
(c) Pay for a townhouse and car in Washington
(d) Take care of paperwork for Harper's committal

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

7. Like what does the snow of Harper's metaphysical Antarctica in Act 3, Scene 3 smell?
(a) Chocolate
(b) Honeysuckle
(c) Mint
(d) Peaches

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

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

10. 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) His hand will fall off
(c) They will both die
(d) He will see Louis's iniquity

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

12. What liquid does Harper theorize will come from her breasts after she gives birth to her Antarctic baby in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Black coffee
(b) Hot cocoa
(c) Holy water
(d) Red wine

13. Which of the following is not a term that Louis uses to describe the lawyers that do not comfort him while he's crying?
(a) Reaganite
(b) Heartless
(c) Macho
(d) Homophobe

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

15. Which of the following characters does not appear in Act 2, Scene 9?
(a) Joe
(b) Belize
(c) Prior
(d) Mr. Lies

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why is Harper confused by seeing Prior in her hallucination?

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

5. What does Harper threaten to do if Joe walks out on her in Act 1, Scene 8?

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