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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Artie tell Billy he met Bunny for the first time?
(a) A movie.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A sauna.
(d) A club.

2. What could the Pope be a symbol of for Artie and the rest of the characters as the play progresses?
(a) Love.
(b) Hope.
(c) Comfort.
(d) Faith.

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

4. Why does Bunny claim that Billy could help Artie find work as a composer?
(a) Billy is a record label executive.
(b) Billy is an accomplished director.
(c) Billy knows a lot of recording artists.
(d) Billy is a talent agent.

5. What does Ronnie do after Billy calls him the hurtful name?
(a) Breaks a mirror.
(b) Retreats into his room.
(c) Throws out his costume.
(d) Punches Billy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the symbolic colorization introduced in the Prologue of the play a result of?

2. What does Artie do in response to Bananas' reasoning for not seeing the Pope?

3. How many functions does the Prologue in The House of Blue Leaves foreshadow throughout the play?

4. What does Bananas mistake the nuns for?

5. How does the symbolic color introduced in the Prologue represent the characters in the play?

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