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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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) Calling so late
(c) Laughing
(d) Calling her "lady"

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

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

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

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

9. How many bastards have crept into the Prior Walter bloodline, according to Prior 1?
(a) 7
(b) 2
(c) 10
(d) None

10. To what destination does the Homeless Woman give Hannah directions in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) St. Patrick's Cathedral
(b) The Grand Concourse
(c) Prospect Park
(d) The Mormon Visitor's Center

11. In Prior's drag dream, at what age does he fear he will die?
(a) 26
(b) Never
(c) 35
(d) 30

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

13. What is the one thing Prior begs Louis not to do in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Touch him
(b) Call the hospital
(c) Freak out
(d) Leave him

14. 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 for a townhouse and car in Washington
(c) Take care of paperwork for Harper's committal
(d) Pay to move Harper back to Salt Lake City

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Joe Pitt vote for in the last presidential election?

2. How long did Hannah Pitt wait for Joe to pick her up at the airport?

3. According to Rabbi Chemelwitz, what do Jews believe in concerning sin?

4. What bible story does Louis ask Joe to tell him in Act 3, Scene 7?

5. From where did the plague that killed Prior 2 originate?

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