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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Roy's doctor tell him he has?
(a) Syphillis.
(b) AIDS.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Lymphoma.

2. What time is it in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) 1 a.m.
(b) 2 a.m.
(c) 6 a.m.
(d) 4 a.m.

3. What powerful man does Roy consider the most like a father to him?
(a) Joe McCarthy.
(b) Richard Nixon.
(c) Ronald Reagan.
(d) Walter Winchell.

4. What does Joe tell Louis he's not in Act 1, Scene 6?
(a) Married.
(b) Gay.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) Republican.

5. What year does Harper say it is in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1986.

6. Where does the man in the park want Louis to take him in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) To his car.
(b) To a movie.
(c) To his place.
(d) To dinner.

7. What does Prior say he can't do in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Breathe.
(b) Cry.
(c) Hear.
(d) Talk.

8. What religion is Joe?
(a) Mormon.
(b) No religion.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Baptist.

9. Louis tells the nurse that the Walters go way back to the what in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Greeks.
(b) Mayflower.
(c) Bible.
(d) Romans.

10. What does Prior say that WASPs don't say in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Meh.
(b) Tsk.
(c) Oy.
(d) Feh.

11. What kind of lesions does Roy have?
(a) Shingles.
(b) Malignant cancer.
(c) Hodgkinson's.
(d) Kaposi's sarcoma.

12. What does Roy say the father-son relationship is to life in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Central.
(b) Necessary.
(c) Inhuman.
(d) Important.

13. Prior tells Harper that her husband is a what in Act 1, Scene 7?
(a) Homo.
(b) Queen.
(c) Lovely man.
(d) Monster.

14. What name does the rabbi remark sounds goyische in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Eric.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Michael.
(d) Christopher.

15. Where is Louis in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Central Park.
(b) Prospect Park.
(c) Battery Park.
(d) Union Square Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Louis thank Joe for in the end of Act 1, Scene 6?

2. What does Harper ask Joe in Act 1, Scene 8?

3. Act 2, Scene 1 takes place the third week of what month?

4. What falls from the sky in Prior's dream in Act 1, Scene 7?

5. What does Joe tell Roy that Harper would do in Washington?

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