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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. When Bananas emerges from the bedroom, what does her conversation with Artie reveal about Artie?
(a) He is mentally unstable.
(b) He is a terrible musician.
(c) He works at the zoo.
(d) He is a cheater.

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

3. What idea does Artie's roughness with Bananas reinforce?
(a) He is a man on the edge.
(b) The intolerance toward mental illness.
(c) The increase of domestic violence.
(d) He is in opposition to the war.

4. What will all of the characters do throughout the play that Artie does in the Prologue?
(a) Speak to the audience.
(b) Play an instrument.
(c) Be alone on stage.
(d) Have a spotlight.

5. What could the Pope be a symbol of for Artie and the rest of the characters as the play progresses?
(a) Hope.
(b) Love.
(c) Faith.
(d) Comfort.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bananas doing in the dream she explains to Artie that she frequently has?

2. What is the symbolic colorization introduced in the Prologue of the play a result of?

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

4. What does Bananas ask Artie about her dream at the end of Act I, Part I?

5. What does Artie explain that the Pope is going to address while he is in Queens?

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