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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 do homosexuals lack, according to Roy?

2. What is Prior Walter's response to the Angel at the end Of Act 1, Scene 1?

3. Who does Belize call as soon as he realize Roy Cohn has been admitted?

4. Why can Louis and the Man not go back to the Man's house in Act 2, Scene 4?

5. What does Harper threaten to do if Joe walks out on her in Act 1, Scene 8?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Joe and Harper's secrets in Act 1, Scene 8?

3. How does Harper come to realize she is not in the Antarctic in Act 1, Scene 2?

4. What does Martin Heller say is the result of loading the federal courts with conservative judges?

5. How does Prior respond to the approach of the Angel in Act 3, Scene 7?

6. Describe Harper in Act 5, Scene 9.

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

8. What is Louis' point about fear in America at the end of Act 2, Scene 7?

9. What diagnosis does Roy demand of his doctor in Act 1, Scene 9, and why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Angels in America is a celebration of the essential commonality of all people. Write en essay on this theme, focusing on the beleaguered relationships that mature throughout the play. What do Hannah and Prior, Belize and Roy, and others discover about themselves and their supposed foils? Conclude the essay with a statement regarding Kushner's opinion of humanity.

Essay Topic 2

Tony Kushner creates several prominent characters in the play that are not of this world. Each of these characters exists on a realm of being different from anyone else, even the other supernatural characters. Write an essay comparing three of these characters. Who are they and how have they manifested themselves onstage? With whom do they interact and what is the nature of this interaction? Are they benevolent? Violent?

Part 1) Mr. Lies

Part 2) Ethel Rosenberg

Part 3) The Angel

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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