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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Artie do in the Prologue of The House of Blue Leaves that is a convention of plays first introduced here?
(a) Speaks directly to the audience.
(b) Leaves the stage.
(c) Talks to himself.
(d) Requests items from offstage.

2. What does the character on stage at the beginning of the play repeatedly try to get the audience to do?
(a) Pay attention.
(b) Stand up.
(c) Clap their hands.
(d) Sing along.

3. What kind of character is Artie?
(a) Filler.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Comedic relief.
(d) Protagonist.

4. What is insinuated that Artie will attempt to do as the play unfolds?
(a) Leave his town.
(b) Turn his fantasies into reality.
(c) Kill his enemy.
(d) Find his love.

5. What does the character on stage at the beginning of the play gather up before exiting the stage?
(a) Microphones.
(b) Posters and markers.
(c) Chairs.
(d) Music and bows.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the dream Artie explains to Bananas, what do both he and the Pope do to her?

2. What does the character on stage at the beginning of the play shout offstage for?

3. What is the symbolic colorization introduced in the Prologue of the play a result of?

4. What is Bananas doing in the dream she explains to Artie that she frequently has?

5. Why does the character on stage request something from offstage at the beginning of the play?

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