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

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

3. When Bananas emerges from the bedroom after praying, what does she say she is ready to do?
(a) Move to a new house.
(b) Fix her marriage.
(c) Get help.
(d) Go out.

4. What does Bananas ask Artie about her dream at the end of Act I, Part I?
(a) If he has the same dream.
(b) If she will stop having the dream.
(c) If her dream is real.
(d) If she can get more medication.

5. How many functions does the Prologue in The House of Blue Leaves foreshadow throughout the play?
(a) One.
(b) .Four.
(c) Three.
(d) .Two.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Ronnie's appearance at the end of Act I, Part II is an example of what?

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

4. By the end of Act I, Part II, how does Artie act in terms of Bananas?

5. What does Bunny claim that Artie was afraid of until he met her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Bunny doing when we first see her in Act I, Part I?

4. Billy explains to Artie that it is better when he imagines Artie in the audience than for Artie to actually be there. Is this reasonable?

5. What is Ronnie's bomb a symbol for?

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

7. In his story, Ronnie explains that Billy came to Queens; what was Billy doing?

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

9. What is the story the Three Nuns tell Artie when he lets them into his apartment?

10. What is the condition Artie gives Bunny if she wants him to accompany her to see the Pope?

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