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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Bunny wish to happen when the Pope passes by?
(a) Bananas' death.
(b) For Artie to be famous.
(c) A new life with Artie.
(d) For Bananas to get better.

5. What does Bunny stuff into her boots in order to keep her feet warm?
(a) Cashmere.
(b) Steamed towels.
(c) Wool.
(d) Newspaper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will be revealed about Artie over time as the play progresses?

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

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

4. Where is Artie's apartment located in New York?

5. What does the character on stage at the beginning of the play shout offstage for?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Artie angrily close the piano lid on top of Bananas' fingers?

2. How does Corrinna die by the end of Act II, Scene I, Part II?

3. What does "breaking the fourth wall" and speaking to the audience achieve?

4. Why does Billy mistake Bananas for his late wife, Georgina, when he sees her?

5. What does Artie comment to the audience at the beginning of Act II, Scene I, Part II regarding Bunny and Bananas?

6. What makes Act II, Scene I, Part II farcical?

7. What act does Ronnie's desire to use the bomb foreshadow?

8. What does the color blue function as in the Prologue?

9. What is noted in the Prologue that will happen with Artie's dreams?

10. After learning of Corrinna's death, why does Billy not want to return to California?

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