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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 does Louis emphatically deny he has to Belize in Act 3, Scene 2?

2. What does Roy say he's proudest of in his life?

3. Who sends his regards, according to Roy's visitor in Act 3, Scene 5?

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

5. What does Harper say she'll live off of in Act 3, Scene 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Joe and Louis' relationship at the end of the play? Who arrives at the end of the play?

2. How does Joe's sense of ethics come to the forefront in Act 2, Scene 6?

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

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

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

6. How does Harper's location relate to the Angel's in Act 3?

7. What is Roy's fate in the end of Act 3, Scene 5?

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

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

10. What story does Joe tell Louis in Act 2, Scene 7? How does Louis respond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Louis' views of politics, discrimination and democracy as illuminated in Act 3. What is Belize's reaction to Louis in this scene?

Essay Topic 3

Compare the characters of Harper and Hannah in Millennium Approaches. What is common to these characters? What are their differences?

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