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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How many functions does the Prologue in The House of Blue Leaves foreshadow throughout the play?
(a) .Four.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) .Two.

5. Who does Ronnie intend this item he has just constructed from a box to be for?
(a) Billy.
(b) Bananas.
(c) Artie.
(d) Bunny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of clothes does Bananas emerge from the bedroom wearing in Act II, Scene II?

2. What does Artie ask Bananas to do that he thinks could heal her?

3. What do the nuns drop from the roof of Artie's building?

4. What does Bananas think will happen if she does what Artie asks her to do?

5. What do the Little Nun and Billy discuss that they both lost in the bomb blast?

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