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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What powerful man does Roy consider the most like a father to him?

2. What does Roy say "is always at eight" in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. Where did Prior's ancestor go down with his ship?

4. Where is Louis in Act 2, Scene 4?

5. Who embroidered the Bayeux tapestry that Louis speaks of in Act 2, Scene 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Prior's state in the beginning of Act 2?

2. What does Henry tell Roy in Act 1, Scene 9? What is Roy's response?

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. Compare the characters of Roy and Joe in Millennium Approaches with regard to politics.

8. What does Prior's story of his ancestor's sinking ship symbolize in Millennium Approaches?

9. What does Roy say to Joe about love and responsibility in Act 2, Scene 4?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the stylistic elements of Millennium Approaches. What is Kushner's greatest influence in his style of staging the play? What effect do these staging choices create?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the parallels of the relationship between Harper and Joe and that of Louis and Prior. How does Kushner illuminate those parallels?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of fantasy versus reality. How does this theme apply to the protagonists of Millennium Approaches? How does it apply to Roy?

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