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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the purpose of the Prologue in The House of Blue Leaves?
(a) Foreshadows the play's action.
(b) To discuss the outline of the play.
(c) Background noise as the audience finds their seats.
(d) To quiet the audience.

2. What is insinuated that Artie will attempt to do as the play unfolds?
(a) Kill his enemy.
(b) Turn his fantasies into reality.
(c) Leave his town.
(d) Find his love.

3. By the end of Act I, Part II, how does Artie act in terms of Bananas?
(a) Gentle.
(b) Nasty.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Loving.

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

5. Bananas explains a dream she has to Artie and what she does in that dream. What is the reason for this?
(a) A chemical inbalance in her brain.
(b) The lack of love Artie shows her.
(c) Her simpleness.
(d) The way her life turned out.

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

7. When is the title of the play mentioned during Act I, Part II?
(a) When Artie describes the house Bananas can live at.
(b) When Bananas says the bars can be taken from the windows.
(c) When Bunny suggests that they stay with Billy in California.
(d) When Artie sees that Bananas has a chance of getting better.

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

9. What is Ronnie dressed in when he enters Artie's apartment at the beginning of Act I?
(a) Priest's robe.
(b) Army fatigues.
(c) Doctor's coat.
(d) Police uniform.

10. When Bananas emerges from the bedroom after praying, what does she say she is ready to do?
(a) Go out.
(b) Fix her marriage.
(c) Get help.
(d) Move to a new house.

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

12. What is the reason Bananas gives for not being able to see the Pope?
(a) She thinks religion is a hoax.
(b) Her nails are different lengths.
(c) The devil follows her around.
(d) She and the Pope had an affair.

13. 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.

14. Who is the first character that the audience sees?
(a) Bunny.
(b) Bananas.
(c) Artie.
(d) Billy.

15. What does the character on stage at the beginning of the play repeatedly try to get the audience to do?
(a) Pay attention.
(b) Stand up.
(c) Sing along.
(d) Clap their hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the symbolic colorization introduced in the Prologue of the play a result of?

2. Why is Bunny angry with Artie at the end of Act I, Part II?

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

4. What does Artie claim about himself that he believes is preventing him from having his big break in show biz?

5. How is the symbolic colorization in the Prologue physically represented on stage?

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