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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the character on stage at the beginning of the play gather up before exiting the stage?
(a) Posters and markers.
(b) Music and bows.
(c) Chairs.
(d) Microphones.

2. What does the audience become after the Prologue of The House of Blue Leaves?
(a) Observers.
(b) Intimidators.
(c) Participants.
(d) Instigators.

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

4. Who is the author of The House of Blue Leaves?
(a) John Le Carre.
(b) John Guare.
(c) John Steinbeck.
(d) John McGahern.

5. What color is symbolically introduced in the Prologue of The House of Blue Leaves?
(a) Orange.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Gray.

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

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

8. How does the symbolic color introduced in the Prologue represent the characters in the play?
(a) As being angry.
(b) As being imprisoned.
(c) As being unstable.
(d) As being sad.

9. What is Bananas worried that the new house Artie has found for her to live in has?
(a) Rats.
(b) Shock treatments.
(c) Asbestos.
(d) Ghosts.

10. Who, according to Bunny at the beginning of Act I, is Pope Paul on his way to see as he drives through Queens?
(a) The United Nations.
(b) NYU students.
(c) The mayor.
(d) Homeless people.

11. Why does Bunny claim that Billy could help Artie find work as a composer?
(a) Billy is a record label executive.
(b) Billy is an accomplished director.
(c) Billy is a talent agent.
(d) Billy knows a lot of recording artists.

12. What does Artie do so that Bananas can see the Pope?
(a) Turns on the television.
(b) Opens the windows.
(c) Forces her into the car.
(d) Gives her a stuffed animal and calls it the Pope.

13. Why is Bunny angry with Artie at the end of Act I, Part II?
(a) He wants to help Bananas one last time.
(b) He still loves Bananas.
(c) He wants to stay in Queens.
(d) He will not see the Pope.

14. What kind of character is Artie?
(a) Protagonist.
(b) Comedic relief.
(c) Filler.
(d) Antagonist.

15. How is the symbolic colorization in the Prologue physically represented on stage?
(a) A strobe light.
(b) Props.
(c) Paint.
(d) A jacket.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is foreshadowed in the Prologue that will happen to Artie towards the end of the play?

2. In the dream Artie explains to Bananas, what do both he and the Pope do to her?

3. What does Artie say happened to him after he rescued Bananas from a rooftop in the middle of winter?

4. Artie attempts to show the audience his talent in the beginning of The House of Blue Leaves, at what level of talent is he?

5. What does Artie ask Bananas to do that he thinks could heal her?

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