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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Act 4, Scene 4, Prior tells Hannah it would be her lucky day if he was what?
(a) A Mormon
(b) Straight
(c) A hairdresser
(d) Stronger

2. What neighborhood in Brooklyn are the Mormon Mother and Harper in Act 3, Scene 6?
(a) Park Slope
(b) Brooklyn Heights
(c) DUMBO
(d) Windsor Terrace

3. During what type of surgery did Roy Cohn convince the anesthesiologist to let him stay awake?
(a) Face lift
(b) Hip replacement
(c) Reverse viscectomy
(d) Liposuction

4. What 1986 event are the Continental Principalities discussing at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 5?
(a) Iran Contra Affair
(b) Hands Across America
(c) Challenger explosion
(d) Chernobyl disaster

5. What adjective does Hannah use to describe homosexuality in Act 4, Scene 6?
(a) Ungainly
(b) Degenerate
(c) Sad
(d) Misguided

6. What shocking piece of information does Joe tell Louis in the beginning of Act 3?
(a) He is moving to Washington
(b) He is married
(c) He loves Louis
(d) He is a Mormon

7. Which of the following major characters is not onstage at the end of Act 3, Scene 6?
(a) Roy
(b) Hannah
(c) Prior
(d) Louis

8. Where in New York are Roy Cohn's disbarment hearings being held?
(a) Yonkers
(b) Syracuse
(c) White Plains
(d) Manhattan

9. Who does Roy Cohn call in Act 1, Scene 5, to get his own stash of AZT?
(a) Ed Meese
(b) Martin Heller
(c) Nancy Reagan
(d) Joe Pitt

10. To what famous media icon does Prior compare Joe in Act 4, Scene 2?
(a) The Marlboro Man
(b) John Wayne
(c) Burt Reynolds
(d) James Bond

11. Who summons the ladder out of heaven for Prior Walter in Act 5, Scene 6?
(a) Ethel Rosenberg
(b) Sarah Ironson
(c) Rabbi Chemelwitz
(d) The Angel

12. What do Hannah and Prior say they have in common in Act 5, Scene 8?
(a) They both rely on the kindness of strangers
(b) They both need someone by their side
(c) They both saw an Angel
(d) They both had peculiar dreams

13. What is Belize's given name?
(a) Derek
(b) Norman
(c) Charles
(d) William

14. How does Belize explain Roy's ranting in Act 3, Scene 5?
(a) He hasn't slept in days
(b) He is high on morphine
(c) He brain is deteriorating
(d) He is wracked with guilt

15. In addition to saying Kaddish for Roy, what does Belize want Louis to do in Act 5, Scene 2?
(a) Inform Joe of Roy's death
(b) Take the AZT bottles
(c) Accept his apology
(d) Report the death to the papers

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Emily in Act 4, Scene 6, how much weight has Prior lost?

2. Why do the dead all play cards in heaven?

3. What character from the play wanders into the diorama in Act 3, Scene 3?

4. Which of the following books written by presidents is not mentioned in Act 4, Scene 8?

5. According to Belize in Act 2, Scene 5, what has Roy lost because he is in a hospital?

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