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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 does Ronnie do after Billy calls him the hurtful name?
(a) Punches Billy.
(b) Breaks a mirror.
(c) Throws out his costume.
(d) Retreats into his room.

2. Ronnie's appearance at the end of Act I, Part II is an example of what?
(a) Comedic relief.
(b) Climactic action.
(c) Theme.
(d) Foreshadowing.

3. What will be taken away from Artie in the final moments of the play?
(a) His love.
(b) His dreams.
(c) His money.
(d) His desire.

4. Who does Ronnie intend this item he has just constructed from a box to be for?
(a) Artie.
(b) Billy.
(c) Bananas.
(d) Bunny.

5. What does Ronnie say he is going to do when he emerges from his room in his army fatigues?
(a) He will blow up the apartment.
(b) The nuns have converted him.
(c) He has diffused the bomb.
(d) He will blow up the Pope.

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

3. Where does Artie tell Bananas that he and Bunny are moving to?

4. Why is Billy frustrated with Ronnie when he walks through the door, according to Ronnie's story?

5. Where does Bunny go when Artie asks her to leave?

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