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

2. What is Ronnie dressed in when he enters Artie's apartment at the beginning of Act I?
(a) Army fatigues.
(b) Priest's robe.
(c) Doctor's coat.
(d) Police uniform.

3. What does Artie force down Bananas' throat in order to calm her down?
(a) Water.
(b) Her inhaler.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Pills.

4. When is the title of the play mentioned during Act I, Part II?
(a) When Artie sees that Bananas has a chance of getting better.
(b) When Bananas says the bars can be taken from the windows.
(c) When Artie describes the house Bananas can live at.
(d) When Bunny suggests that they stay with Billy in California.

5. What does Bananas throw at Artie and Bunny after Artie gets off the phone with Billy?
(a) Tomatoes.
(b) Rice.
(c) Newspapers.
(d) Her shoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea does Artie's roughness with Bananas reinforce?

2. What is the symbolic colorization utilized in the Prologue supposed to be a result of for Artie?

3. What does Bananas pretend to be when Artie fixes her breakfast?

4. What does Artie say happened to him after he rescued Bananas from a rooftop in the middle of winter?

5. In the dream Artie explains to Bananas, what do both he and the Pope do to her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Bunny convince Artie to call his friend Billy in California?

3. Is Bunny happy about the offer to go to Australia with Billy?

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

5. Why does Corrinna ask the nuns to pray for her?

6. Why is the Pope addressing the United Nations?

7. Is Billy impressed by Ronnie's routine?

8. What does Ronnie do with Artie's alarm clock?

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

10. How is the truth about what the color blue means revealed in Act I, Part II?

(see the answer keys)

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