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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bananas say they can take down if Artie is not going to kill himself after all?
(a) The bars on the windows.
(b) The knives from the high shelves.
(c) Posters of great songwriters.
(d) Locks on the cabinets.

2. What is Bananas doing in the dream she explains to Artie that she frequently has?
(a) She cries all day.
(b) She kills Bunny.
(c) She walks hand in hand with Artie.
(d) She flees the house.

3. To what country does Bunny hand Bananas guide books for?
(a) Mexico.
(b) France.
(c) Australia.
(d) Jamaica.

4. What does Bananas throw at Artie and Bunny after Artie gets off the phone with Billy?
(a) Rice.
(b) Tomatoes.
(c) Her shoes.
(d) Newspapers.

5. What name is Artie muttering in his sleep at the beginning of Act I?
(a) Pope Ronnie.
(b) Sergeant Ronnie.
(c) Dr. Ronnie.
(d) Officer Ronnie.

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

7. What does Bunny promise to do for Artie when they reach California?
(a) Cook meals for him.
(b) Sing for him.
(c) Give him massages.
(d) Help him write his songs.

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

9. What do Artie and Bunny argue over when she brings up their friend Billy in California?
(a) Who is closer to Billy.
(b) Who will pay for the tickets.
(c) If they should stay with Billy or in a hotel.
(d) Where Bananas will go.

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

11. Artie agrees to see the Pope with Bunny on one condition. What is that condition?
(a) She sing for him.
(b) She spend the night with him.
(c) She cook for him.
(d) She gives him some money.

12. What will all of the characters do throughout the play that Artie does in the Prologue?
(a) Be alone on stage.
(b) Have a spotlight.
(c) Speak to the audience.
(d) Play an instrument.

13. 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) A dream he had.
(c) The foreshadowed conclusion.
(d) The Prologue.

14. What is Artie's last name?
(a) Shannon.
(b) Shaughnessy.
(c) Sherwood.
(d) Sheen.

15. What does the Prologue in The House of Blue Leaves reveal about Artie?
(a) He is a director.
(b) He is a talent scout.
(c) He is a dancer.
(d) He is a songwriter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who could Bananas' dream be a foreshadowing of?

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

3. How does the symbolic color introduced in the Prologue represent the characters in the play?

4. When does the play begin?

5. What does the character on stage at the beginning of the play repeatedly try to get the audience to do?

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