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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Roy's doctor's name?
(a) James.
(b) Henry.
(c) Harlan.
(d) Michael.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Roy's doctor says he's been seeing him since what year?

2. What does Prior say is in his urine in Act 1, Scene 8?

3. What does Joe ask Harper to do with him in Act 1, Scene 8?

4. What does Prior show Louis on his arm in Act 1, Scene 4?

5. How long does Louis say his grandmother was in a home in Act 1, Scene 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advice does Louis solicit from the rabbi in Act 1, Scene 5?

2. Describe the relationship that Louis has with Judaism as shown in Act 1. How does the rabbi know Louis' grandmother?

3. How does religion apply to the characters of Joe and Prior in Millennium Approaches?

4. How does Prior reveal his illness to Louis in Act 1, Scene 4? Why hasn't he revealed it before?

5. Why does Kushner use split scenes in Millennium Approaches? What effect does this have?

6. What is symbolic about Louis' intimate interaction with the stranger in the park in Act 2, Scene 4?

7. What conversation takes place between Louis and Emily in Act 2, Scene 3?

8. Where is Harper found in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 2? What does Joe say upon entering?

9. What is Joe's response when Harper solicits him sexually in Act 1, Scene 5? Why?

10. What does Harper tell Joe to do in Act 2, Scene 2? How does this statement arise?

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