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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. Bananas explains a dream she has to Artie and what she does in that dream. What is the reason for this?
(a) The lack of love Artie shows her.
(b) A chemical inbalance in her brain.
(c) Her simpleness.
(d) The way her life turned out.

2. What is Artie's last name?
(a) Shannon.
(b) Shaughnessy.
(c) Sheen.
(d) Sherwood.

3. In the dream Artie explains to Bananas, what do both he and the Pope do to her?
(a) Hurts her.
(b) Abandons her.
(c) Insults her.
(d) Rejects her.

4. When Bunny rushes into the room after Artie and Bananas pray, what is she excited about?
(a) The Pope's landing.
(b) She will become a famous movie star.
(c) Artie's getting a job in California.
(d) Their move to California.

5. Where does Artie tell Billy he met Bunny for the first time?
(a) A movie.
(b) A sauna.
(c) A club.
(d) A restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Artie do in the Prologue of The House of Blue Leaves that is a convention of plays first introduced here?

2. What does Bunny accuse Artie of having no sense of at the beginning of Act I?

3. What is the purpose of the Prologue in The House of Blue Leaves?

4. How is the symbolic colorization in the Prologue physically represented on stage?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bunny say that until Artie met her, he was afraid of life?

2. What dream does Artie tell Bananas about in Act I, Scene I?

3. Is Artie a sympathetic character?

4. What does Ronnie explain to the audience that he did when Billy came over to the apartment?

5. What does the color blue mean for the characters in the play?

6. What does Corrinna say to the audience when she arrives in Act II, Scene I, Part II?

7. What is the second box that Ronnie returns from the bedroom with?

8. How does Bunny get Billy to ask her to come to Australia with him?

9. What sign of gentleness toward Bananas does Artie have in Act I, Part II?

10. Is Billy impressed by Ronnie's routine?

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