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Quiz about Advice from Angels In America

Advice from "Angels In America" Quiz

Throughout Tony Kushner's "Angels In America", various characters attempt to counsel each other through the strange events they must all contend with. This quiz contains several examples of their wisdom...almost. Can you remember what's missing?

A multiple-choice quiz by fake_ghost. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
fake_ghost

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
253,350

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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295

Awards
Top 10% Quiz

Question 1 of 10

1. What word is missing from this helpful tip?
"Respect the delicate ecology of your _________." Hint

Paradise

allergies

delusions

family

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Question 2 of 10

2. What's the missing verb here?
"An angel is just a belief with wings, and arms that can carry you. If it lets you down, ________ it." Hint

reject

wrestle

love

abandon

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Question 3 of 10

3. So many whats?
"There are so many ______; find one you can break."
Hint

statues

laws

commandments

rules

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Question 4 of 10

4. What word is missing?
"Real love isn't ________." Hint

finite

ambivalent

conditional

painful

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Question 5 of 10

5. What's important to remember about Godly things, again?
"Well, it has to do with God, so it's _______."
Hint

not very nice

somewhat like praying

easier to bear

stupid

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Question 6 of 10

6. "This is the very threshhold of _________ sometimes."
Sorry, threshhold of what? Hint

revelation

truth

insanity

imagination

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Question 7 of 10

7. "I warned you, Louis. Names are important. Call an animal ______ and you can't expect it to stick around."
What did Louis name the cat? Hint

Artemis

Jack the Rover

Little Sheba

Fluffykins

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which city are you being warned against in this unfinished quote?
"Nothing good happens in _________."
Hint

Georgetown

Washington

San Francisco

New York City

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Question 9 of 10

9. "The __________ relationship is central to life."
What kind of relationship does this character value so highly? Hint

individual-society

human-divine

father-son

male-female

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Question 10 of 10

10. What are you being asked to listen to in this unfinished quote?
"Listen to the world, to how _________."
Hint

fast it goes

much energy it holds

loud it is

crazy things are

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What word is missing from this helpful tip? "Respect the delicate ecology of your _________."

Answer: delusions

This advice is given to Harper by Mr. Lies when they go to Antarctica together and she wants an Eskimo to keep her company. Mr. Lies says there are no Eskimo in Antarctica, and that "even hallucinations have laws".

2. What's the missing verb here? "An angel is just a belief with wings, and arms that can carry you. If it lets you down, ________ it."

Answer: reject

Hannah Pitt says this to Prior in his hospital room. It helps to have a pragmatic Mormon mother on your side when you're dealing with a mixed up angel with a will to stop the human race.

3. So many whats? "There are so many ______; find one you can break."

Answer: laws

Disturbingly enough, this comes from Roy Cohn, the powerful lawyer, and mentor to Joe. In the scene from which this quote comes, Roy is attempting to impress upon Joe the value of not being nice.

4. What word is missing? "Real love isn't ________."

Answer: ambivalent

Louis says this to Belize when they meet in a coffee shop. Belize is probably the last person who needs to hear this, mind you.

5. What's important to remember about Godly things, again? "Well, it has to do with God, so it's _______."

Answer: not very nice

Don't ever let anyone tell you you can't get useful information out of dime-store dummies. Harper gets told all about how God changes people when she asks the mother mannequin at the Mormon Visitor's Centre.

6. "This is the very threshhold of _________ sometimes." Sorry, threshhold of what?

Answer: revelation

Who better to guide you through a dream than a Valium addict? Harper explains the supernatural powers of adults with imaginary friends to Prior.

7. "I warned you, Louis. Names are important. Call an animal ______ and you can't expect it to stick around." What did Louis name the cat?

Answer: Little Sheba

Prior is trying to teach Louis a retrospective lesson about caution in naming. Louis wanted a dog anyways.

8. Which city are you being warned against in this unfinished quote? "Nothing good happens in _________."

Answer: Washington

Harper is attempting to persuade her husband, Joe, not to accept an offer he has been given to go work in Washington. Not that she's especially happy at home in New York, but change is bad, right?

9. "The __________ relationship is central to life." What kind of relationship does this character value so highly?

Answer: father-son

Roy says this to Joe, trying to instate himself as a father figure in the younger lawyer's life.

10. What are you being asked to listen to in this unfinished quote? "Listen to the world, to how _________."

Answer: fast it goes

Belize says this while trying to convince Prior that he needs to think sensibly after Prior tells him about his encounter with the Angel.

Source: Author fake_ghost

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