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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Sarah Ironson, what is central to the Jewish Way?
(a) Guilt
(b) Fear
(c) Resilience
(d) Struggle

2. From what poor, malfunctioning machine do the Principalities get their news?
(a) A telegraph
(b) A news ticker
(c) A radio
(d) An old television

3. What part of the funeral Prior and Belize attend at the beginning of Act 2 does Prior find particularly distasteful?
(a) The sequined lining of the casket
(b) The choreographed dance during the procession in
(c) The Sicilian Mourners
(d) The New Orleans funeral band

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

5. Which of the following characters never goes to the Afterlife in Angels in America?
(a) Roy
(b) Prior
(c) Harper
(d) Hannah

6. Which of the following is Prior's chosen vestment starting in Act 2 of Perestroika?
(a) A dashiki
(b) Priest's vestments
(c) A black robe
(d) A Mormon missionary's attire

7. What is the name of the angel atop the fountain in Act 4, Scene 3?
(a) Azazel
(b) Moroni
(c) Bethesda
(d) Michael

8. Where in Prior's apartment are the Sacred Prophetic Implements?
(a) The bathroom
(b) Under his bed
(c) In the television
(d) The kitchen

9. In what year is the diorama at the Mormon Visitor's Center supposed to take place?
(a) 1796
(b) 1919
(c) 1847
(d) 33

10. By Act 4, Scene 4, how long has Hannah been trying to get hold of Joe since coming to New York?
(a) 5 months
(b) 2 weeks
(c) 1 month
(d) 3 months

11. What does Joe do in Act 3, Scene 4, to prove his love for Louis?
(a) Agrees to divorce Harper
(b) Strips on the beach
(c) Shouts his love as loud as he can
(d) Renounces his faith

12. According to Belize in Act 2, Scene 5, what has Roy lost because he is in a hospital?
(a) Private property
(b) Constitutional rights
(c) Free speech
(d) Privacy

13. Who does Joe find in his apartment when he returns in Act 5, Scene 4?
(a) Hannah
(b) Roy
(c) Louis
(d) Harper

14. In Act 5, Scene 4, what word does Harper tell Joe he says a lot?
(a) What
(b) Help
(c) No
(d) Sorry

15. What part of Louis' attire in Act 5, Scene 3 does Belize think is ridiculous?
(a) His scarf
(b) His glasses
(c) His running shoes
(d) His hat

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is next to Prior when he returns to his hospital bed in Act 5, Scene 8?

2. What happens to Hannah when the Angel kisses her in Act 5, Scene 1?

3. What does Harper demand of Joe in the beginning of Act 5, Scene 9?

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

5. At the end of Act 4, Scene 8, Louis compares his fight with Joe to a sex scene in a book by what author?

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