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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 Bunny want Bananas to do if she were to move to the country in the guide books?
(a) Get surgery.
(b) Get better mentally.
(c) Get a divorce.
(d) Get a boyfriend.

2. 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.

3. What is insinuated that Artie will attempt to do as the play unfolds?
(a) Leave his town.
(b) Turn his fantasies into reality.
(c) Find his love.
(d) Kill his enemy.

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

5. What thematic aspect of the play will Artie's characteristics effect as the piece progresses?
(a) Dramatic action.
(b) Comedic action.
(c) Monologues.
(d) Romance.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Artie force down Bananas' throat in order to calm her down?

5. What does Bananas throw at Artie and Bunny after Artie gets off the phone with Billy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bananas attempt to do in order to alienate Bunny from everyone?

2. What does Bunny tell the audience was the best part of the war movie Corrinna was in?

3. When does Artie claim he gave up on Bananas and her sanity?

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

5. Why do the nuns and Ronnie rush to Corrinna when she announces she has two tickets to see the Pope at Yankee Stadium?

6. Why does Bunny give Bananas guide books to Mexico?

7. What is Ronnie dressed in when we first see him in Act I, Part I?

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

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

10. What does Bananas' dream about wandering around the house and crying illustrate for the audience?

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