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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the symbolic colorization utilized in the Prologue supposed to be a result of for Artie?
(a) His deep depression.
(b) His delusions.
(c) His guilt over doing wrong.
(d) His longing for company.

2. What does Ronnie throw to Corrinna as she is leaving, saying it is a gift for Billy?
(a) His army hat.
(b) His rifle.
(c) The box with the bomb.
(d) His choir robe.

3. What do the items in the box that Ronnie wires together foreshadow in the play?
(a) Artie and Bunny's relationship.
(b) His reunion with his parents.
(c) Violence to come.
(d) Bananas' illness.

4. What kind of character is Artie?
(a) Protagonist.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Filler.
(d) Comedic relief.

5. What does Bananas try to fry in the kitchen while the nuns try to talk with Corrinna?
(a) Brillo pads.
(b) Salad.
(c) Socks.
(d) Hamburgers.

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. Ronnie's appearance at the end of Act I, Part II is an example of what?

3. The purpose of Act II, Scene I, Part I is to create what?

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

5. What does Bananas end up swallowing thinking that it is her pills?

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