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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue.

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) Requests items from offstage.
(b) Talks to himself.
(c) Leaves the stage.
(d) Speaks directly to the audience.

2. What is the symbolic colorization introduced in the Prologue of the play a result of?
(a) Lack of love.
(b) Becoming depressed.
(c) Losing grip on reality.
(d) Committing a crime.

3. How is the symbolic colorization in the Prologue physically represented on stage?
(a) Props.
(b) A strobe light.
(c) Paint.
(d) A jacket.

4. When does the play begin?
(a) After the audience sits down.
(b) As the audience is finding their seats.
(c) When the audience is quiet.
(d) Halfway through the first scene.

5. Who is the first character that the audience sees?
(a) Bananas.
(b) Billy.
(c) Bunny.
(d) Artie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is symbolically introduced in the Prologue of The House of Blue Leaves?

2. What does the audience become after the Prologue of The House of Blue Leaves?

3. What is foreshadowed in the Prologue that will happen to Artie towards the end of the play?

4. What will be taken away from Artie in the final moments of the play?

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

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