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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 Bunny suggests that they stay with Billy in California.
(c) When Bananas says the bars can be taken from the windows.
(d) When Artie sees that Bananas has a chance of getting better.

3. 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) Locks on the cabinets.
(d) Posters of great songwriters.

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

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

6. What does Artie force down Bananas' throat in order to calm her down?
(a) Pills.
(b) Water.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Her inhaler.

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

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

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

10. What does Bananas' dream represent about reality and delusion?
(a) The result of the line being blurred.
(b) The consequence of domestic abuse.
(c) One is distinct from the other.
(d) They are the same.

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

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

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

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

15. What is the purpose of the Prologue in The House of Blue Leaves?
(a) To alert the audience to their seats.
(b) To serenade the audience.
(c) To quiet the audience.
(d) To introduce Artie.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bunny stuff into her boots in order to keep her feet warm?

2. What does Bunny give to Artie before he leaves so that it can be blessed by the Pope?

3. Why does Bananas tell Artie not to be disrespectful at the beginning of Act I, Part II?

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

5. What thematic aspect of the play will Artie's characteristics effect as the piece progresses?

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