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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 can the audience guess about the items in Ronnie's box that he wires together?
(a) He stole them from the army.
(b) He bought them on the streets.
(c) He has sentimental attachment to them.
(d) He has had them since he was a child.

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

3. What does Artie force down Bananas' throat in order to calm her down?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Pills.
(c) Water.
(d) Her inhaler.

4. What does Bunny give to Artie before he leaves so that it can be blessed by the Pope?
(a) His keyboard.
(b) His music.
(c) His wallet.
(d) His pen.

5. What does Bananas' dream represent about reality and delusion?
(a) One is distinct from the other.
(b) The result of the line being blurred.
(c) They are the same.
(d) The consequence of domestic abuse.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many functions does the Prologue in The House of Blue Leaves foreshadow throughout the play?

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

3. When does the play begin?

4. What does the audience become after the Prologue of The House of Blue Leaves?

5. Who does Artie address while he is talking about the Pope?

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