The House of Blue Leaves Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 122 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The House of Blue Leaves Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 122 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Artie desperately do in order to keep Bunny and Billy from leaving?

2. What can the audience guess about the items in Ronnie's box that he wires together?

3. Ronnie goes on to tell a story about Billy coming to visit his family while he is casting for what movie?

4. What does Billy say is the most important group to be a part of in a movie?

5. For what does Corrinna ask the nuns to bless her when they emerge from Ronnie's room?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Act II, Scene I, Part II, the characters display the increasing levels of their desperation. But desperation for what? Write an analysis of the scene, discussing at length what each character is desperate for and why. What are these characters doing to show their desperation? And, lastly, what does this heightening desperation do for the scene? Use specific information and quotes from the play to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

What is the importance of Billy's reasoning that the audience is the most important part to a performance? What point is Guare making with this subtle injection? Is this true? Use specific information and quotes from the play to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Write a compare and contrast paper between Artie and Bananas. Although Bananas is outwardly mentally unstable, the audience notices the subtleties of Artie's madness as the play progresses. One character's instability is external, while the other character's instability is internal. Use specific examples and quotes from the text to show this.

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