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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is foreshadowed in the Prologue that will happen to Artie towards the end of the play?
(a) He will commit a serious crime.
(b) He will descend into madness.
(c) He will achieve his goals.
(d) He will lose the love of his life.

2. What does Artie ask Bananas to do that he thinks could heal her?
(a) Live by herself.
(b) Move with them to California.
(c) See the Pope.
(d) Get shock treatments.

3. What does Bananas' dream represent about reality and delusion?
(a) They are the same.
(b) One is distinct from the other.
(c) The consequence of domestic abuse.
(d) The result of the line being blurred.

4. What is the purpose of the Prologue in The House of Blue Leaves?
(a) To quiet the audience.
(b) To discuss the outline of the play.
(c) Foreshadows the play's action.
(d) Background noise as the audience finds their seats.

5. When is the title of the play mentioned during Act I, Part II?
(a) When Bananas says the bars can be taken from the windows.
(b) When Artie sees that Bananas has a chance of getting better.
(c) When Bunny suggests that they stay with Billy in California.
(d) When Artie describes the house Bananas can live at.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the character on stage at the beginning of the play repeatedly try to get the audience to do?

2. What does Bananas think will happen if she does what Artie asks her to do?

3. What is the reason Bananas gives for not being able to see the Pope?

4. Who, according to Bunny at the beginning of Act I, is Pope Paul on his way to see as he drives through Queens?

5. What does Artie do in response to Bananas' reasoning for not seeing the Pope?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bananas' story about being on the snowy rooftop foreshadow?

2. What does the audience learn about in Act II, Scene I, Part I that links all of the characters together in the play?

3. What is another significant symbol introduced in Act I, Scene I?

4. What sign of gentleness toward Bananas does Artie have in Act I, Part II?

5. Why does Artie grumble about the Pope's passing through Queens?

6. What does Artie's casual cruelty toward Bananas signify?

7. How does Bunny get Billy to ask her to come to Australia with him?

8. How is the truth about what the color blue means revealed in Act I, Part II?

9. After Artie tells Bananas about a house he found on the East Coast that she can live in, what is Bananas scared of?

10. What is the story the Three Nuns tell Artie when he lets them into his apartment?

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