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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Harper realize is the "man with the knives?"
(a) Joe
(b) Her father
(c) Mr. Lies
(d) God

2. What does Prior do while Louis is on the phone in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Leaves the apartment
(b) Soils himself
(c) Cries
(d) Passes out

3. What does Harper bring with her when she enters in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) A polar bear
(b) An oboe
(c) A fishing spear
(d) A pine tree

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

5. From what organization is the latter that Roy gives Joe in Act 2, Scene 6?
(a) The National Bar Association
(b) The Better Business Bureau
(c) The FBI
(d) The Department of Justice

6. Why can Louis and the Man not go back to the Man's house in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) The Man has a partner at home
(b) The Man does not trust Louis
(c) The Man lives with his parents
(d) The Man is homeless

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

8. What is Roy Cohn most proud of in his entire career?
(a) The Reagan Revolution
(b) The Alger Hiss case
(c) The Army-McCarthy hearings
(d) The Rosenberg execution

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

10. For what Broadway musical does Roy Cohn get tickets for Mrs. Hollins?
(a) Cats
(b) Les Miserables
(c) A Little Night Music
(d) Le Cage aux Folles

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

12. In what room of the Brooklyn Federal Court of Appeals does Act 1; Scene 6 take place?
(a) The cafeteria
(b) The bathroom
(c) The central court
(d) The clerical pool

13. What is the identity of Harper's Eskimo?
(a) Hannah
(b) Prior
(c) Joe
(d) Mr. Lies

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Louis in Act 2, Scene 7, what do you have to be willing to do even if you are scared?

2. How much money did Roy borrow from one of his clients?

3. What characteristic of Hannah's does Sister Ella Chapter like most?

4. From what dead figure does Ethel Rosenberg send a "hello" in Act 3, Scene 5?

5. What does Joe blame for Harper's pills in Act 2, Scene 4?

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