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

2. How long did Louis and Prior live together?
(a) 4 and 1/2 years.
(b) 6 and 1/2 years.
(c) 10 and 1/2 years.
(d) 5 years.

3. Where does Act 3, Scene 6 take place?
(a) Prior's bedroom.
(b) Antarctica.
(c) The hospital.
(d) Joe's apartment.

4. Who sends his regards, according to Roy's visitor in Act 3, Scene 5?
(a) Michael.
(b) James.
(c) Julius.
(d) Chaim.

5. How long did Hannah wait for Joe in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) 2 and 1/2 hours.
(b) 4 hours.
(c) 3 and 1/2 hours.
(d) 3 and 3/4 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Roy want Joe to take a job?

2. Who does Louis say are still terribly anti-Semitic and racist in Act 3, Scene 2?

3. Who or what does Harper decide she wants as a companion in Act 3, Scene 3?

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

5. What do Prior's ancestors do at the end of Act 3, Scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Hannah similar to the Angel in Act 2, Scene 10?

2. Who is the second visitor who appears to Prior in Act 3, Scene 1? What does he tell Prior?

3. Why does Joe call his mother in Act 2, Scene 8? What is her initial response?

4. 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?

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

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

7. How is Prior's relationship to heritage different than the other characters in Millennium Approaches?

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

9. How does Joe respond to Roy's unwarranted advances in Act 3, Scene 5? Who arrives after Joe leaves?

10. What is the third omen of the coming of the Angel in Act 3?

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