Angels in numbers
Including the bastards, Prior Walter is the
a. thirty-fifth of his name
b. thirty-fourth of his name
c. thirty-third of his name
e. Thirty-first of his name
b. He is the thirty-fourth of his name
"It's- Look, race, yes, but ultimately race here is a political question, right?"
Who said it?
Louis to Belize, play one, act three, scene two, page 96.
Hannah travels to NYC from what city?
Salt Lake City.
Who said it:
"... America has rediscovered itself. Its sacred position among nations. And people aren't ashamed of that like they used to be. This is a great thing. The truth is restored. Law restored. ..."
Joe, play one, act one, scene 5, page 26.
What is Jay Gatsby's real name again?
James Hansen
James Lauer
James Gatz
James MacPhee
James Gatz
"In Vitro" is the title of what act of the first play?
it is the title of act two
"YOU HAVE DRIVEN HIM AWAY! YOU MUST STOP MOVING!"
Who says it?
It is what the angel demands of Prior (and the human race). (scene II, page 172)
Harper would like to move where?
Antarctica.
".... there are no angels in America, no spiritual past, no racial past..."
Who said it?
Louis, play one, act three, scene two, page 96.
What novel starts like this:
"In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since."
The Great Gatsby
When does act one of "Millennium Approaches" take place? (year)
October-November 1985
Kushner added the following quote by an American Transcendentalist right before act one of Perestroika: "Because the soul is progressive, it never quite repeats itself, but in every act attempts the production of a new and fairer whole."
Who said it?
Ralph Waldo Emerson, "On Art"
Roy offers Joe a job in what city?
Washington, D.C.
"...you do not grow up in America, you and your children and their children with the goyische names, you do not live in America, no such place exists."
Who says it?
Rabbi Isidor Chemelwitz, play one, act one, scene one, page 10. (the "rabbi" will be an acceptable answer)
What texts starts with...
"I celebrate myself, and sing myself."
(we are looking for the title, not the author)
Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself"
What year does the epilogue of Perestroika take place?
1990
"I don't dream."
Who says it?
Joe to Louis, Perestroika, act three, Scene 2, page 183.
What NYC borough is Joe and Harper's apartment in?
Brooklyn.
"I pray for God to crush me, break me up into little pieces and start all over again."
Who said it?
Joe to Harper, play one, act two, scene two, page 51.
Where is Jordan Baker when Nick Carraway first meets her? (exact place)
together with Daisy on a couch at the Buchanan's house
Henry: "Well, whatever f... you have, Roy, it's very serious, and I haven't got a d... thing for you, The NIH is Bethesda has a new drug called AZT with a .... waiting list that not even I can get you onto."
How long is the waiting list in years?
one, two, three, or four years.
it's a two-year waiting list.
"We can't just stop. We are not rocks. Progress, migration, motion is ... modernity. It's animate , it's what living things do. We desire. ..."
Who says it?
Prior, plat two, act five, scene four, page 275.
At the end of the play, Harper is flying to what city?
San Francisco
"...Sometimes a father's love has to be very, very hard, unfair even, cold to make his son grow strong in a world like this. This isn't a good world."
Roy to Joe, play one, ac two, scene 4, page 59.
Whose name is originally Norman Arriaga?
Norman Arriaga was originally Belize's name