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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the nurse in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Nora.
(c) Belize.
(d) Emily.

2. How long does Louis say his grandmother was in a home in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 10 years.

3. The rabbi refers to the deceased as the last of what in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) The Jews.
(b) The Chosen people.
(c) The Christians.
(d) The Mohicans.

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

5. Who does the man in the park live with in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) His parents.
(b) His uncle.
(c) His wife.
(d) His lover.

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

7. Where does Harper tell the travel agent she wants to go in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Norway.
(b) Africa.
(c) Antarctica.
(d) Alaska.

8. What is embroidered on the shawl over the casket in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) A cross.
(b) A rose.
(c) An American Flag.
(d) A Star of David.

9. What does Prior say that Louis gets at family gatherings in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Butch.
(b) Childish.
(c) Scared.
(d) Gay.

10. 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.

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

12. Harper believes there's a man in their bedroom with what in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) A gun.
(b) A knife.
(c) A rope.
(d) A flashlight.

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

14. What picture would Joe look at from the Bible as a kid?
(a) Ezekiel.
(b) Moses.
(c) David.
(d) Jacob.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Prior do at the end of Act 2, Scene 1?

2. Where did Prior's ancestor go down with his ship?

3. What is the last name of the "Ed" that Roy speaks of calling to get Joe the job in Act 1, Scene 2?

4. Where are Joe and Roy in Act 2, Scene 4?

5. Who was in the fighting picture Joe looked at in the Bible?

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