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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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 mayor.
(b) Homeless people.
(c) NYU students.
(d) The United Nations.

4. 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) Microphones.
(d) Chairs.

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

6. When Artie rescued Bananas from the rooftop in the middle of winter, what does he say happened to their relationship?
(a) He gave up on her.
(b) He started to love her again.
(c) He got her help.
(d) He took care of her.

7. Who does Artie address while he is talking about the Pope?
(a) Ronnie.
(b) Bananas.
(c) The audience.
(d) Bunny.

8. What does Artie do in the Prologue of The House of Blue Leaves that is a convention of plays first introduced here?
(a) Requests items from offstage.
(b) Leaves the stage.
(c) Talks to himself.
(d) Speaks directly to the audience.

9. What does Artie explain that the Pope is going to address while he is in Queens?
(a) The crime in Queens.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) The poverty in America.
(d) The dissolution of marriages.

10. 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 way her life turned out.
(c) The lack of love Artie shows her.
(d) Her simpleness.

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

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

13. What does Ronnie do at the center of the stage at the end of Act I, Part II?
(a) Stares at the audience.
(b) Ignores the audience.
(c) Laughs at the audience.
(d) Yells at the audience.

14. What does Artie ask Bananas to do that he thinks could heal her?
(a) Live by herself.
(b) See the Pope.
(c) Move with them to California.
(d) Get shock treatments.

15. What is Artie eager for that he expresses to the audience in the beginning of The House of Blue Leaves?
(a) Anonymity.
(b) Applause.
(c) Success.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the character doing at the opening of the play?

2. What does Bunny call Artie's songs in order to cheer him up?

3. When Ronnie emerges from his room after everyone leaves, what is he carrying?

4. What does Bunny wish to happen when the Pope passes by?

5. What does Artie do in response to Bananas' reasoning for not seeing the Pope?

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