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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 an historical figure Roy considers a father figure?
(a) Richard Helms
(b) J. Edgar Hoover
(c) Walter Winchell
(d) Joe McCarthy

2. How long did Hannah Pitt wait for Joe to pick her up at the airport?
(a) Two and a half hours
(b) Five hours
(c) Four and a quarter hours
(d) Three and three quarters hours

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

4. In what country does Louis' Act 3, Scene 2, story of about subtle antisemitism abroad take place?
(a) France
(b) Denmark
(c) England
(d) Norway

5. According to Louis in Act 2, Scene 7, what do you have to be willing to do even if you are scared?
(a) Abandon what hurts you
(b) Follow your heart
(c) Break the law
(d) Dissent

6. To what film director's work does Prior compare his room in Act 3, Scene 7?
(a) Luis Bunuel
(b) Piero Paolo Passolini
(c) Steven Spielberg
(d) Martin Scorsese

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

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

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) Protein in urine
(d) New lesions

10. Where is the apartment where Hannah arrives?
(a) Brooklyn
(b) The Bronx
(c) Queens
(d) Manhattan

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

12. According to Prior's rant in the beginning of Act 3, Scene 7, the Recording Angel snaps the spine of what book?
(a) The Book of the Dead
(b) The Book of Life
(c) The Book of Heaven
(d) The Book of Days

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

14. What does Louis ask Emily to tell Prior when he wakes in the hospital?
(a) Get better
(b) He love him
(c) He'll be back soon
(d) He had to go

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Prior do while Louis is on the phone in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. For doing what does Hannah chastise the policeman she speaks to on the phone in Act 1, Scene 3?

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

4. What does Harper bring with her when she enters in Act 1, Scene 2?

5. What does Roy offer to do for Joe to help his decision regarding Washington in Act 2, Scene 4?

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