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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What aspect of the play will Artie's attempt to reach his goals affect?
(a) The comedy.
(b) The romance.
(c) The fear.
(d) The action.

2. What does Bananas think will happen if she does what Artie asks her to do?
(a) People will laugh at her.
(b) She will be all alone.
(c) She will return to normal.
(d) She will go into depression.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. When does the play begin?
(a) After the audience sits down.
(b) Halfway through the first scene.
(c) As the audience is finding their seats.
(d) When the audience is quiet.

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

14. When Bananas emerges from the bedroom, what does her conversation with Artie reveal about Artie?
(a) He is mentally unstable.
(b) He works at the zoo.
(c) He is a cheater.
(d) He is a terrible musician.

15. Who could Bananas' dream be a foreshadowing of?
(a) Bunny.
(b) Ronnie.
(c) Religion.
(d) Artie.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what country does Bunny hand Bananas guide books for?

2. What is Artie's last name?

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

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

5. Why does Bunny claim that Billy could help Artie find work as a composer?

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