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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 the character on stage at the beginning of the play gather up before exiting the stage?
(a) Posters and markers.
(b) Music and bows.
(c) Microphones.
(d) Chairs.

2. When Ronnie emerges from his room after everyone leaves, what is he carrying?
(a) His rifle.
(b) Bananas' medication.
(c) His childhood pictures.
(d) A large box.

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

4. What does Artie say happened to him after he rescued Bananas from a rooftop in the middle of winter?
(a) He broke his leg.
(b) He caught pneumonia.
(c) He lost his voice.
(d) His fingers became arthritic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Artie agrees to see the Pope with Bunny on one condition. What is that condition?

2. What does the audience become after the Prologue of The House of Blue Leaves?

3. What is Ronnie dressed in when he enters Artie's apartment at the beginning of Act I?

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

5. What does Artie tell Bananas that he and Bunny are going to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are all of the characters acting so desperately by the end of Act II, Scene I, Part II?

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

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

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

5. What does the audience learn about in Act II, Scene I, Part I that links all of the characters together in the play?

6. Where is Ronnie at the opening of Act II, Scene I, Part I?

7. Why does Artie grumble about the Pope's passing through Queens?

8. How does the blue spotlight characterize Artie in the Prologue?

9. What does Artie's casual cruelty toward Bananas signify?

10. 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?

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