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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the play begin?
(a) As the audience is finding their seats.
(b) When the audience is quiet.
(c) Halfway through the first scene.
(d) After the audience sits down.

2. What is the symbolic colorization introduced in the Prologue of the play a result of?
(a) Losing grip on reality.
(b) Becoming depressed.
(c) Committing a crime.
(d) Lack of love.

3. What is the purpose of the Prologue in The House of Blue Leaves?
(a) To discuss the outline of the play.
(b) Background noise as the audience finds their seats.
(c) Foreshadows the play's action.
(d) To quiet the audience.

4. What is Artie eager for that he expresses to the audience in the beginning of The House of Blue Leaves?
(a) Success.
(b) Anonymity.
(c) Applause.
(d) Money.

5. What will be taken away from Artie in the final moments of the play?
(a) His desire.
(b) His dreams.
(c) His love.
(d) His money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Artie's last name?

2. What kind of character is Artie?

3. What is foreshadowed in the Prologue that will happen to Artie towards the end of the play?

4. What will all of the characters do throughout the play that Artie does in the Prologue?

5. What is insinuated that Artie will attempt to do as the play unfolds?

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