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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where in New York are Roy Cohn's disbarment hearings being held?
(a) Manhattan
(b) White Plains
(c) Syracuse
(d) Yonkers

4. At the end of Act 4, Scene 6, what does Prior say Hannah does to him?
(a) Stiffens his spine
(b) Cools his overheated mind
(c) Makes him crazy
(d) Lulls him to sleep

5. What neighborhood in Brooklyn are the Mormon Mother and Harper in Act 3, Scene 6?
(a) Park Slope
(b) Brooklyn Heights
(c) DUMBO
(d) Windsor Terrace

6. What does Prior carry with him when he enters heaven in Act 5, Scene 2?
(a) A large crucifix
(b) The Sacred Book
(c) His black cloak
(d) His IV drip

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

8. What is Louis doing when Joe enters his apartment at the beginning of Act 4, Scene 8?
(a) Reading
(b) Cooking
(c) Crying
(d) Packing

9. What historical twentieth century event happened the day God abandoned the Angels?
(a) The Great San Francisco Earthquake
(b) The Stonewall Riots
(c) V-J Day
(d) Black Tuesday

10. What does Joe say he sees when he looks at Harper in Act 4, Scene 7?
(a) Love
(b) Death
(c) Sadness
(d) Nothing

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

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

13. What does Prior tell Louis he wants to see the next time they meet?
(a) Bruises
(b) Flowers
(c) Tears
(d) Lesions

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

15. In Act 1, Scene 6, what slang term does Louis use to describe the neighborhood where he lives?
(a) Alphabetland
(b) El Barrio
(c) The Boogie Down
(d) Loisada

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last word that Roy Cohn says before dying?

2. According to Sarah Ironson, what is central to the Jewish Way?

3. As of the Epilogue, how many years has Prior been living with AIDS?

4. What piece of information about Joe does Prior surprise Louis by knowing in Act 4, Scene 1?

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

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