View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the figures of the diorama has no lines in the animatronic play?
(a) The Father
(b) Orrin
(c) The Mother
(d) Caleb

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

3. What treatment does Belize warn Roy to skip in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) Morphine drip
(b) AZT
(c) Ice packs to lower his temperature
(d) Radiation

4. According to Harper was element is essential to the end of civilization?
(a) Water
(b) Fire
(c) Drought
(d) Wind

5. To what Biblical relations does Roy compare his relationship with Joe in Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) Jacob and Isaac
(b) Saul and David
(c) Cain and Lot
(d) Joseph and Jesus

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

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

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

9. What does Harper demand of Joe in the beginning of Act 5, Scene 9?
(a) His credit card
(b) His wedding band
(c) His forgiveness
(d) His temple garment

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

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

12. Which of the following is Prior's chosen vestment starting in Act 2 of Perestroika?
(a) A Mormon missionary's attire
(b) A dashiki
(c) A black robe
(d) Priest's vestments

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Prior request the Principalities bless him with at the end of Act 5, Scene 5?

2. What character from the play wanders into the diorama in Act 3, Scene 3?

3. In Act 4, Scene 4, Prior tells Hannah it would be her lucky day if he was what?

4. In what part of the Angel's body has a torn muscle after she wrestles Prior in Act 5, Scene 1?

5. Who said "Have you no decency?"

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 441 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample