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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Prior whenever he hears the celestial voice?
(a) He pisses himself
(b) He becomes paralyzed
(c) He sweats profusely
(d) He gets an erection

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

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

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

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

6. What instrument plays the dance tune to which Prior and Louis dance in Act 3, Scene 6?
(a) Oboe
(b) Cello
(c) Violin
(d) Piano

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

8. Where has Harper been the whole time she thought she was in Antarctica?
(a) Prospect Park
(b) Central Park
(c) Rego Park
(d) Battery Park

9. What addition to the Antarctica of Act 3, Scene 3 confuses Mr. Lies?
(a) An Eskimo
(b) A taxi
(c) A deer
(d) A pizza

10. To what does Harper joke she will give birth in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Nothing
(b) A puppy
(c) A homo
(d) A pill

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

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

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

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

15. In what city does Roy believe he met Mormons?
(a) Salt Lake City
(b) Rapid City
(c) Las Vegas
(d) St. Louis

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. Where does Harper think she heard the man with the knife in Act 2, Scene 2?

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

4. For what Broadway musical does Roy Cohn get tickets for Mrs. Hollins?

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

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