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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 Prior say that Louis' heart is in Act 2, Scene 9?

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

3. What does Joe tell Roy and Martin in the end of Act 2, Scene 6?

4. Where does Louis ask Joe to go in Act 3, Scene 7?

5. Where does Act 2, Scene 7 take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Act 3, Scene 2 split between? What is taking place at the beginning of this scene?

2. How does Louis try to intellectualize his behavior in Act 3, Scene 2?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who is Martin and what does he say in Act 2, Scene 6?

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

10. How does Harper's world relate to Roy's in Act 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss metaphor as it is used in Roy Cohn's speech to Henry in Act 1, Scene 9. How does Roy describe "labels" in this scene?

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

Discuss the similarities and differences between Judaism and Mormonism in the play. What do these religions share? How are they different? What ties does each have to America?

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