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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Bananas doing in the dream she explains to Artie that she frequently has?
(a) She cries all day.
(b) She walks hand in hand with Artie.
(c) She flees the house.
(d) She kills Bunny.

2. How does Artie yearn to be noticed?
(a) He has an affair right in front of his wife.
(b) He obsesses over becoming a songwriter.
(c) He wants his wife blessed by the Pope.
(d) He declares he is moving to California.

3. What is Artie eager for that he expresses to the audience in the beginning of The House of Blue Leaves?
(a) Anonymity.
(b) Money.
(c) Applause.
(d) Success.

4. Artie agrees to see the Pope with Bunny on one condition. What is that condition?
(a) She spend the night with him.
(b) She sing for him.
(c) She cook for him.
(d) She gives him some money.

5. Where does Artie tell Bananas that he and Bunny are moving to?
(a) London.
(b) California.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Seattle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Artie tell Bananas that he and Bunny are going to do?

2. What does Artie say happened to him after he rescued Bananas from a rooftop in the middle of winter?

3. What is the purpose of the Prologue in The House of Blue Leaves?

4. What is the symbolic colorization utilized in the Prologue supposed to be a result of for Artie?

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

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