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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What character's spirit helps Louis with the Kaddish?
(a) Ethel Rosenberg
(b) Roy Cohn
(c) Sarah Ironson
(d) Rabbi Chemelwitz

2. What adjective does Hannah use to describe homosexuality in Act 4, Scene 6?
(a) Misguided
(b) Degenerate
(c) Sad
(d) Ungainly

3. What happens to Hannah when the Angel kisses her in Act 5, Scene 1?
(a) Her hair turns gray
(b) She passes out
(c) She begins to cry
(d) She has an orgasm

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

5. What does Prior request the Principalities bless him with at the end of Act 5, Scene 5?
(a) Strength
(b) Health and happiness
(c) More life
(d) Eternity in heaven

6. What does Roy say in Act 2, Scene 5 that he most respects about black Americans?
(a) They never went Communist
(b) They rarely vote
(c) They believe in a higher power
(d) They cost less as labor

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

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

9. In Act 4, Scene 3, Louis accuses Belize of hating him because why?
(a) He hates Jewish people
(b) He knows he is tougher than Louis
(c) He's in love with Prior
(d) He is bored

10. Which of the following adjectives is not one that Belize uses in his comparison of Roy Cohn and America in Act 4, Scene 3?
(a) Racist
(b) Crazy
(c) Terminal
(d) Mean

11. 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) 3 months
(c) 5 months
(d) 2 weeks

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

13. In addition to saying Kaddish for Roy, what does Belize want Louis to do in Act 5, Scene 2?
(a) Take the AZT bottles
(b) Accept his apology
(c) Report the death to the papers
(d) Inform Joe of Roy's death

14. In Act 3, Scene 4, which of the following is not a place Louis mentions as a hot bed of homosexual mating?
(a) Fire Island
(b) St. Mark's Baths
(c) Jones Beach
(d) Central Park

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Roy Cohn call in Act 1, Scene 5, to get his own stash of AZT?

2. From what poor, malfunctioning machine do the Principalities get their news?

3. In Act 5, Scene 4, what word does Harper tell Joe he says a lot?

4. What historical twentieth century event happened the day God abandoned the Angels?

5. What does Harper do when Joe begs her not to leave him?

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