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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. What does Prior tell Louis not to touch in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) His arm.
(b) His leg.
(c) His chest.
(d) His face.

2. What is the rabbi's name in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Chaim Chemelwitz.
(b) Chaim Potok.
(c) Isidor Rosenberg.
(d) Isidor Chemelwitz.

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

4. Louis says that a sharp what is as smart as a really dull two-year-old child?
(a) Dog.
(b) Chimp.
(c) Horse.
(d) Cat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the nurse in Act 2, Scene 5?

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

3. Where does Harper tell the travel agent she wants to go in Act 1, Scene 3?

4. What kind of pills does Harper take?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Harper feel about Joe's job offer in Act 1, Scene 5? How does Joe feel?

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

4. Describe the character of Joe in Millennium Approaches. What are Joe's religious beliefs?

5. Who is Belize and what do he and Prior talk about in Act 2, Scene 5?

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

7. What is Roy's response when Joe asks him not to use the Lord's name in vain in Act 1, Scene 2? What does he offer Joe in this scene?

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

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

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

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