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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to Prior, essentially what is AZT?
(a) A cure
(b) Poison
(c) A placebo
(d) Hoakum

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

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

6. What kind of cologne is Joe wearing in Act 1, Scene 6?
(a) Alain Delon
(b) Giorgio
(c) Faberge
(d) Bulgari

7. What color is the star of Ethel Rosenberg's hate?
(a) Red
(b) White
(c) Blue
(d) Green

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

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

10. As of the Epilogue, how many years has Prior been living with AIDS?
(a) 10
(b) 8
(c) 5
(d) 3

11. 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 is a Mormon
(d) He loves Louis

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where in New York are Roy Cohn's disbarment hearings being held?

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

4. What recent diplomatic event sickens Roy Cohn?

5. Hoe does the Angel's communication with Heaven manifest itself onstage?

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