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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what philosopher does Louis compare his world-view when speaking to Rabbi Chemelwitz?
(a) Descartes
(b) Hobbes
(c) Hegel
(d) Schopenhauer

2. In what city does the main portion of Act 1, Scene 1 of Perestroika take place?
(a) Washington
(b) New York
(c) Salt Lake City
(d) Moscow

3. Which of the following is not a reason Joe gives for declining Roy's Justice Department offer in Act 3, Scene 5?
(a) Harper is missing
(b) His mother is in New York
(c) He think he loves a man
(d) He has a bleeding ulcer

4. Why does Sister Ella Chapter come to Hannah's house in Act 2, Chapter 10?
(a) To help her pack
(b) To borrow her car
(c) To sell the house
(d) To have lunch

5. What revelation does Prior make to Harper in their shared dream state?
(a) Her husband is gay
(b) She will ahve to go to Washington
(c) The world is ending
(d) She is pregnant

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following names does Rabbi Chemelwitz accuse of being goyish?

2. What is the one thing Prior begs Louis not to do in Act 2, Scene 1?

3. When Prior tells Belize his wet dream involved a woman who is not "conventional," to whom does Belize suggest he is referring?

4. What commodity did Prior's ship captain ancestor bring to England?

5. Where in his apartment is Prior at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Louis criticize Joe's decision on a case that found in favor of a gay soldier?

2. What message does Sarah Ironson give Prior Walter Act 5, Scene 6?

3. What final pearls of wisdom does Roy provide to Joe in Act 5, Scene 4?

4. How does Roy react to Joe's admission that he is staying with a man in Act 4, Scene 1?

5. Describe the first meeting between Louis and Joe.

6. Why does Prior wrestle the Angel in Act 5, Scene 1?

7. How has Prior Walter's illness progressed over the course of Angels in America?

8. What does Prior tell the Continental Principalities regarding human progress in Act 5, Scene 5?

9. What trick does Roy Cohn play on Ethel Rosenberg at the end of Act 4?

10. What information about Joe does Belize tell Louis in Act 4, Scene 3?

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