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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what Biblical relations does Roy compare his relationship with Joe in Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) Saul and David
(b) Joseph and Jesus
(c) Jacob and Isaac
(d) Cain and Lot

2. Hoe does the Angel's communication with Heaven manifest itself onstage?
(a) A cough
(b) A bright light
(c) Latin chanting
(d) A body tremor

3. What does Harper demand of Joe in the beginning of Act 5, Scene 9?
(a) His temple garment
(b) His credit card
(c) His wedding band
(d) His forgiveness

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

5. What world leader is Louis discussing at the beginning of the Epilogue?
(a) George Bush
(b) John Major
(c) Yitzak Rabin
(d) Mikhail Gorbachev

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

7. What is Hannah's response to Prior when he asks in what God does to prophets who refuse their vision?
(a) He feeds them to whales
(b) No prophet would do that
(c) She dares not say
(d) He forgives them eventually

8. What does Harper do when Joe begs her not to leave him?
(a) Laughs
(b) Slaps him
(c) Stays
(d) Cries

9. According to Emily in Act 4, Scene 6, how much weight has Prior lost?
(a) 4 pounds
(b) 16 pounds
(c) 12 pounds
(d) 8 pounds

10. In Act 4, Scene 3, Louis accuses Belize of hating him because why?
(a) He knows he is tougher than Louis
(b) He's in love with Prior
(c) He is bored
(d) He hates Jewish people

11. In what part of the Angel's body has a torn muscle after she wrestles Prior in Act 5, Scene 1?
(a) Her shoulder
(b) Her wrist
(c) Her thigh
(d) Her ankle

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

13. What does Prior request the Principalities bless him with at the end of Act 5, Scene 5?
(a) Strength
(b) Eternity in heaven
(c) Health and happiness
(d) More life

14. According to Joe in Act 4, Scene 4, why did he travel from Utah to New York?
(a) To follow his heart
(b) To be a real lawyer
(c) To find a place where Harper wouldn't stick out
(d) To get away from Hannah

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Harper compare the souls she dreams of rising to heaven?

2. Which of the following characters never goes to the Afterlife in Angels in America?

3. What treatment does Belize warn Roy to skip in Act 1, Scene 5?

4. What historical twentieth century event happened the day God abandoned the Angels?

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

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