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

2. What does the Prologue in The House of Blue Leaves reveal about Artie?
(a) He is a talent scout.
(b) He is a director.
(c) He is a dancer.
(d) He is a songwriter.

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

4. What does Bananas ask Artie about her dream at the end of Act I, Part I?
(a) If her dream is real.
(b) If he has the same dream.
(c) If she can get more medication.
(d) If she will stop having the dream.

5. Artie attempts to show the audience his talent in the beginning of The House of Blue Leaves, at what level of talent is he?
(a) Amateur.
(b) Advanced.
(c) Intermediate.
(d) Novice.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Artie do in the Prologue of The House of Blue Leaves that is a convention of plays first introduced here?

3. What does Bunny call Artie's songs in order to cheer him up?

4. What is Artie eager for that he expresses to the audience in the beginning of The House of Blue Leaves?

5. When Bananas emerges from the bedroom, what does her conversation with Artie reveal about Bananas?

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