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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Louis smell at the end of Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Snow.
(b) Death.
(c) Silence.
(d) Lilacs.

2. Where is Joe in Act 2, Scene 8?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) Prospect Park.
(c) Grand Central Station.
(d) Central Park.

3. Where does Roy want Joe to take a job?
(a) Bar Association.
(b) Presidential Cabinet.
(c) Justice Department.
(d) Democratic Party.

4. What does Martin say it is the "end of" in Act 2, Scene 6?
(a) The Age of Aquarius.
(b) The Republican party.
(c) Liberalism.
(d) The Democratic party.

5. Who arrives in Prior's room at the very end of the play?
(a) God.
(b) Prior III.
(c) The Angel.
(d) Joe.

6. Who is sitting by Prior's bed when he awakens in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Prior 3.
(b) Prior 4.
(c) Prior 2.
(d) Prior 1.

7. Where is Harper in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) Salt Lake City.
(c) Antarctica.
(d) Central Park.

8. What is Prior 1 holding in the beginning of Act 3, Scene 6?
(a) A Bible.
(b) A palm-leaf bundle.
(c) An olive branch.
(d) Holy incense.

9. How many Prior Walters came before Prior, according to his mother?
(a) 33.
(b) 3.
(c) 32.
(d) 30.

10. What is Hannah's sister-in-law's name?
(a) Gwen.
(b) Glenda.
(c) Libby.
(d) Sarah.

11. Martin says in Act 2, Scene 6 that the Republican party has the White House locked until what year?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1988.
(c) 2004.
(d) 2000.

12. What does Prior's ancestor say he doesn't count in the lineage in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) The adopted sons.
(b) The bastards.
(c) The in-laws.
(d) The women.

13. What does Joe ask Hannah in Act 2, Scene 8?
(a) If his dad loved him.
(b) If his mother loved him.
(c) If his dad was gay.
(d) If he could get divorced.

14. Who does Martin say that Ed Meese reminds him of in Act 2, Scene 6?
(a) Ike Eisenhower.
(b) Teddy Roosevelt.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Joe McCarthy.

15. In Act 2, Scene 6, Martin say the Republican party will get the Senate back when?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1992.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Louis say he feels like walking into a bar in London?

2. What does Prior say that Louis' actions are in Act 2, Scene 9?

3. What does Joe tell Roy and Martin in the end of Act 2, Scene 6?

4. What year is it in Act 3, Scene 1?

5. What are Hannah and Sister Ella Chapter discussing in Act 2, Scene 10?

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