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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) Cain and Lot
(c) Jacob and Isaac
(d) Joseph and Jesus

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

3. What generally embarrassing ailment does Roy discuss having in Act 1, Scene 6?
(a) Pubic lice
(b) Syphilis
(c) Bladder infection
(d) Genital warts

4. With whom is Sarah Ironson playing cards in Act 5, Scene 6?
(a) Roy Cohn
(b) Harper Pitt
(c) Rabbi Chemelwitz
(d) Ethel Rosenberg

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

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

7. With what is Harper playing when Prior sees in her Heaven?
(a) A balloon
(b) A dradle
(c) A checker board
(d) A cat

8. At the end of Act 4, Scene 8, Louis compares his fight with Joe to a sex scene in a book by what author?
(a) Phillip Roth
(b) Ayn Rand
(c) George Orwell
(d) Thomas Pynchon

9. Where do Louis Ironson's parents live?
(a) Albany
(b) Schenectady
(c) Buffalo
(d) Hicksville

10. In Act 5, Scene 7, who is Roy Cohn representing in the afterlife?
(a) Ethel Rosenberg
(b) Joe McCarthy
(c) God
(d) The Angel

11. What news does Ethel Rosenberg deliver to Roy in Act 4, Scene 9?
(a) She and Julius are in heaven
(b) The papers know he has AIDS
(c) He has been disbarred
(d) He has died

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in Prior's apartment are the Sacred Prophetic Implements?

2. According to Harper was element is essential to the end of civilization?

3. What shocking piece of information does Joe tell Louis in the beginning of Act 3?

4. What part of Louis' attire in Act 5, Scene 3 does Belize think is ridiculous?

5. What recent diplomatic event sickens Roy Cohn?

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