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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Louis say his grandmother saw speak in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Chaim Potok.
(b) Mars Flescher.
(c) Vladimir Lenin.
(d) Emma Goldman.

2. In Act 2, Scene 4, Joe tells Roy that Harper's childhood was what?
(a) Happy.
(b) Rough.
(c) Good.
(d) Blessed.

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

4. What does Joe say he prays for God to do to him in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Save him.
(b) Make him happy.
(c) Crush him.
(d) Make him straight.

5. Louis says in Act 1, Scene 8 that he sees the afterlife as a perpetual rainy Thursday in what month?
(a) April.
(b) March.
(c) September.
(d) August.

6. Roy's doctor says he's been seeing him since what year?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1960.

7. What Broadway show does Roy discourage his clients from seeing in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Les Miserables.
(b) La Cage Aux Folles.
(c) Avenue Q.
(d) Cats.

8. Louis says what is the Jewish custom when burying someone in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Putting dirt on the coffin.
(b) Burying the Star of David.
(c) Breaking a glass inside cloth.
(d) Holding a wake.

9. What does Harper ask Joe in Act 1, Scene 8?
(a) If he took the job.
(b) If he's leaving her.
(c) If he's lonely.
(d) If he's gay.

10. What kind of pills does Harper take?
(a) Codeine.
(b) Prozac.
(c) Morphine.
(d) Valium.

11. What is the name of Louis and Prior's cat?
(a) Hannah.
(b) Princess.
(c) Little Sheba.
(d) Stella.

12. Whose funeral is taking place in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Isidor Chemelwitz.
(b) Sarah Ironson.
(c) Hannah Ironson.
(d) Julia Ironson.

13. Act 1, Scene 5 is split between Louis at the grave and where?
(a) Prior's apartment.
(b) Roy's office.
(c) Joe and Harper's home.
(d) The church.

14. Who was in the fighting picture Joe looked at in the Bible?
(a) A flood.
(b) A devil.
(c) An angel.
(d) A snake.

15. What does Prior say is in his urine in Act 1, Scene 8?
(a) Blood.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Protein.
(d) Antibiotics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What movie star does Prior imitate in Act 2, Scene 5?

2. Where did Joe meet Harper?

3. What powerful man does Roy consider the most like a father to him?

4. What does Harper tell Joe she's going to give birth to in Act 2, Scene 2?

5. What does Roy's doctor tell him he has?

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