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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 Roy Cohn say he wish he were in the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) A cat.
(b) President.
(c) A woman.
(d) An octopus.

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

3. What falls from the sky in Prior's dream in Act 1, Scene 7?
(a) A bird.
(b) A diamond.
(c) A star.
(d) A feather.

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

5. What is Joe drinking in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Gin.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Bourbon.
(d) Seltzer.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Act 1, Scene 5 is split between Louis at the grave and where?

4. What does Harper ask Joe in Act 1, Scene 8?

5. What is Roy's doctor's name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are Prior and Harper similar in the play? How is this shown in Act 1, Scene 7?

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

4. What does the title "In Vitro" mean in the play?

5. Describe the character of Roy Cohn. What is his occupation? What is his office like?

6. How does Louis and Prior's relationship and Joe and Harper's relationship mirror each other in Act 2?

7. What takes place between Louis and the stranger in the park? Why does the stranger leave?

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

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

10. What elements of Roy's character make him an antagonist in the play?

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