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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 Joe tell Roy and Martin in the end of Act 2, Scene 6?

2. Who does Martin say that Ed Meese reminds him of in Act 2, Scene 6?

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

4. What is Prior 1 holding in the beginning of Act 3, Scene 6?

5. What does Joe tell Roy in Act 3, Scene 5 about the job?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hannah get directions in Act 3, Scene 4?

2. What is Joe's emotional and physical state in Act 3, Scene 5?

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. How do Joe's ethics and politics conflict in Millennium Approaches?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Joe go walking in Central Park? What does this represent symbolically in Joe's world?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the character of Roy Cohn and his real-life model. Who is Ethel Rosenberg? What is the significance of her character's appearance at the end of the play?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Prior 1 and Prior 2. What period of history are each of these characters from and why is this significant? Why do they come to visit Prior?

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