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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 the purpose of the Prologue in The House of Blue Leaves?
(a) To alert the audience to their seats.
(b) To serenade the audience.
(c) To quiet the audience.
(d) To introduce Artie.

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

3. What does Bunny accuse Artie of having no sense of at the beginning of Act I?
(a) Literature.
(b) Religion.
(c) Art.
(d) History.

4. When Bananas emerges from the bedroom after praying, what does she say she is ready to do?
(a) Go out.
(b) Get help.
(c) Fix her marriage.
(d) Move to a new house.

5. What does the character on stage at the beginning of the play shout offstage for?
(a) A cane.
(b) A microphone.
(c) A line.
(d) A blue light.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ronnie do the moment that Billy walks through the door, according to his story?

3. How many functions does the Prologue in The House of Blue Leaves foreshadow throughout the play?

4. When Ronnie runs back into his bedroom, what does he bring back out with him?

5. What will be revealed about Artie over time as the play progresses?

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