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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. What happens to Prior whenever he hears the celestial voice?

2. Which of the following is not a reason Joe gives for declining Roy's Justice Department offer in Act 3, Scene 5?

3. Why does Prior not tell Louis about his first lesion immediately?

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

5. How much money did Roy borrow from one of his clients?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Hannah's principal concern in talking to Sister Ella Chapter in Act 2, Scene 10?

4. Describe the first meeting between Louis and Joe.

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

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

7. What delusions become real for Harper in Act 3, Scene 3?

8. Why is Joe Pitt confused by Louis' invitation to come home with him?

9. How does Louis' liaison with the Man in the Park end?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joe Pitt is the most ambiguous figure in the play. He is at once tortured, principled, and selfish. He is a victim and a bully. Write an essay about Kushner's attitude toward Joe. Divide the essay into three sections, focusing first on examples of sympathy for the confused and self-loathing man. The second section should focus on the unsympathetic qualities of Joe's character. The last section should be an opinion as to what Kushner believes about Joe as a person.

Essay Topic 2

Louis and Belize are foils to each other in Angels in America. Write an essay about the dynamic that exists between them, focusing on the two long conversations they have and the night in Roy Cohn's hospital room. How are they different, and how are they similar? In what ways does Belize serve as Louis' conscience in these scenes? How does each man change as a result of this relationship?

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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