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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following characters is not in the Epilogue of the play?
(a) Prior Walter
(b) Joe Pitt
(c) Belize
(d) Hannah Pitt

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

4. 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

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

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

7. What does Prior suggest the Principalities do if God ever returns?
(a) Bar the doors against him
(b) Take him to court
(c) Never let him leave again
(d) Make him apologize

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. Who said "Have you no decency?"
(a) Joseph Welch
(b) Roy Cohn
(c) Eleanor Roosevelt
(d) Joe McCarthy

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What neighborhood in Brooklyn are the Mormon Mother and Harper in Act 3, Scene 6?

2. When Prior asks Harper if she is a Mormon in Act 3, Scene 3, what does she say she is?

3. From where does Harper retrieve her Valium stash before leaving Joe?

4. In Act 3, Scene 2, Roy asks Ethel Rosenberg if who has died?

5. What does Prior carry with him when he enters heaven in Act 5, Scene 2?

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