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

2. Who is the author of The House of Blue Leaves?
(a) John Steinbeck.
(b) John McGahern.
(c) John Le Carre.
(d) John Guare.

3. Who looks out of the bedroom at Artie and Bunny while they are talking?
(a) Ronnie.
(b) A military intelligence officer.
(c) Bananas.
(d) Pope Paul.

4. What does Artie tell Bananas that he and Bunny are going to do?
(a) See the Pope.
(b) Go to the museum.
(c) Go on a date.
(d) Run away.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Artie tells Bunny that the audience talked through his entire set at the club the previous evening, what is he referring to?

2. What is the purpose of the Prologue in The House of Blue Leaves?

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

4. Artie agrees to see the Pope with Bunny on one condition. What is that condition?

5. What does Bananas' dream represent about reality and delusion?

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