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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. Where is Artie's apartment located in New York?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Queens.
(c) Long Island.
(d) Brooklyn.

2. What is foreshadowed in the Prologue that will happen to Artie towards the end of the play?
(a) He will lose the love of his life.
(b) He will descend into madness.
(c) He will commit a serious crime.
(d) He will achieve his goals.

3. What does Artie do in response to Bananas' reasoning for not seeing the Pope?
(a) Yells at her.
(b) Gives her more pills.
(c) Slaps her.
(d) Puts her to bed.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the character on stage at the beginning of the play gather up before exiting the stage?

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

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

4. Why does the character on stage request something from offstage at the beginning of the play?

5. What does Bunny accuse Artie of having no sense of at the beginning of Act I?

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