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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 are Hannah and Sister Ella Chapter discussing in Act 2, Scene 10?
(a) Selling Joe's apartment.
(b) The church.
(c) Selling Hannah's house.
(d) Moving to California.

2. What does Louis emphatically deny he has to Belize in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Right leanings.
(c) Hemorrhoids.
(d) Hatred.

3. What does Joe tell Roy in Act 3, Scene 5 about the job?
(a) He's taking it.
(b) He's gotten fired.
(c) He can't take it.
(d) He's getting promoted.

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

5. Where is Hannah in Act 2, Scene 8?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Provo.
(c) The Bronx.
(d) Salt Lake City.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Roy say that he hates in Act 3, Scene 5?

2. How long did Hannah wait for Joe in Act 3, Scene 4?

3. Who does Roy pair with Josef Stalin when talking about comrades in Act 2, Scene 6?

4. What does Hannah exclaim is a sin in the end of Act 2, Scene 8?

5. What does Harper say the snow smells like in Act 3, Scene 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Harper feel about where she is in Act 3, Scene 3?

2. What philosophical and ethical themes are presented in the conversation between Joe and Louis in Act 2, Scene 7? How is this reflected in the play?

3. Where is Harper in Act 3, Scene 3?

4. What does Joe tell Roy in Act 3, Scene 5? What is Roy's response?

5. What do the knives represent symbolically to Harper in Act 2, Scene 9?

6. What is the political background that Kushner represents in Act 2, Scene 6? How does this represent the relationships in the play?

7. Where does Act 3, Scene 4 take place?

8. How is Joe's relationship to heritage like that of Louis' in Act 2, Scene 8?

9. Where is Prior in Act 3, Scene 1? Who is his first visitor?

10. What is the scene split between in Act 2, Scene 9? What takes place?

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