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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is insinuated that Artie will attempt to do as the play unfolds?
(a) Turn his fantasies into reality.
(b) Leave his town.
(c) Kill his enemy.
(d) Find his love.

3. How does the symbolic color introduced in the Prologue represent the characters in the play?
(a) As being sad.
(b) As being angry.
(c) As being unstable.
(d) As being imprisoned.

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

5. What will be revealed about Artie over time as the play progresses?
(a) His fears.
(b) His passions.
(c) His dreams.
(d) His love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will be taken away from Artie in the final moments of the play?

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

3. Who is the author of The House of Blue Leaves?

4. What is Artie's last name?

5. What is foreshadowed in the Prologue that will happen to Artie towards the end of the play?

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