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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rabbi Chemelwitz, what do Jews believe in concerning sin?

2. What does Joe blame for Harper's pills in Act 2, Scene 4?

3. In Act 2, Scene 7, Joe wonders aloud if who ever loved him?

4. Which horror movie does Harper fear takes place in Brooklyn?

5. Who did Joe Pitt vote for in the last presidential election?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Act 2, Scene 5, why does Belize fear that Prior is losing his mind?

2. Describe the interchange between Henry and Belize in Act 1, Scene 4?

3. Why does Joe punch Louis in Act 4, Scene 8?

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

5. What desperate question does Louis Ironson ask Rabbi Chemelwitz?

6. What does Prior determine about Louis in Act 2, Scene 9?

7. What does Roy have to say about a father's love in Act 2, Scene 4?

8. How does Mr. Lies explain Harper Pitt's ill sense of ease?

9. What offer does Roy Cohn make Joe Pitt in Act 1; Scene 2?

10. What revelation of Roy's past shocks Joe in Act 3, Scene 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Angels in America is a play about a world polluted by selfish acts and fear. In this diseased America, two figures emerge as healers and caretakers willing to sacrifice for others in need: Write an essay about these two characters.

Part 1) How does the character of Belize serve as a healing force in the darkest reaches of the play? Examine his relationships with Prior, Louis, and Roy Cohn to determine his beliefs regarding empathy and truth.

Part 2) How does the character of Hannah progress from a caricature to a fully developed and evolving person in the play? Who does she help over the course of Perestroika, and how does she defy the expectations of those around her?

Part 3) Write a summation regarding Hannah and Belize. What do these figures say about Kushner's sense of benevolence and truth in modern-day America?

Essay Topic 2

Tony Kushner's play takes place almost entirely in New York City. This is the home of virtually every character, but he also has two other distinct settings that exist in the real world but exist in the play as fantastical realms. Write en essay about these two places. Why does Kushner choose them as fantastical lands? What is different about them? What do they represent?

Part 1) Antarctica

Part 2) San Fransisco

Essay Topic 3

The play Angels in America centers on two men battling the ravages of AIDS: Prior Walter and Roy Cohn. As the health of both men deteriorates, both become immersed in a supernatural world. How do the different experiences of Prior and Roy reflect two different attitudes towards death? AIDS? Companionship? In an essay, use these men's relationship to death and disease to delineate their different worldviews.

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