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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 is Roy's doctor's name?

2. What does Prior show Louis on his arm in Act 1, Scene 4?

3. Prior tells Harper that her husband is a what in Act 1, Scene 7?

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

5. Harper tells Prior that she knows what about him in Act 1, Scene 7?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Prior say of Louis' behavior at the funeral in Act 1, Scene 4?

3. How does religion apply to the characters of Joe and Prior in Millennium Approaches?

4. 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?

5. What does Joe tell Roy about his marriage in Act 2, Scene 4?

6. What symbols are represented in the end of Prior's dream in Act 1, Scene 7?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the character of Prior Walter. What is the significance of Prior's ancestry in Millennium Approaches? How is this represented in the play?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of American politics in Millennium Approaches. How are Kushner's political views evident in the play?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Prior's feelings about the approach of the Angel. What happens to him when the Voice speaks to him? Why?

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