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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bunny accuse Artie of having no sense of at the beginning of Act I?
(a) Literature.
(b) History.
(c) Art.
(d) Religion.

2. Where does Bunny go when Artie asks her to leave?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The car.
(c) The bedroom.
(d) The store.

3. How does Bunny yearn to be noticed?
(a) Her desire to become famous.
(b) Her desire to have a rich husband.
(c) Her desire to steal someone else's husband.
(d) Her desire to be blessed by the Pope.

4. In the dream Artie explains to Bananas, what do both he and the Pope do to her?
(a) Rejects her.
(b) Hurts her.
(c) Insults her.
(d) Abandons her.

5. When Artie tells Bunny that the audience talked through his entire set at the club the previous evening, what is he referring to?
(a) A club opening he played.
(b) The Prologue.
(c) The foreshadowed conclusion.
(d) A dream he had.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can the audience guess about the items in Ronnie's box that he wires together?

2. What does Artie do in the Prologue of The House of Blue Leaves that is a convention of plays first introduced here?

3. What do Artie and Bunny argue over when she brings up their friend Billy in California?

4. What does Ronnie say in his speech that everyone from his father to his commanding officer think of him?

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

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