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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. 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.

2. Why does Bananas tell Artie not to be disrespectful at the beginning of Act I, Part II?
(a) He scorns the Vietnam War.
(b) He improvises a song about the Pope.
(c) He makes fun of her.
(d) He says he loves Bunny.

3. What does Bunny accuse Artie of having no sense of at the beginning of Act I?
(a) History.
(b) Art.
(c) Religion.
(d) Literature.

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

5. What aspect of the play will Artie's attempt to reach his goals affect?
(a) The romance.
(b) The fear.
(c) The action.
(d) The comedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the character on stage request something from offstage at the beginning of the play?

2. Who, according to Bunny at the beginning of Act I, is Pope Paul on his way to see as he drives through Queens?

3. What is Artie eager for that he expresses to the audience in the beginning of The House of Blue Leaves?

4. What does Artie explain that the Pope is going to address while he is in Queens?

5. What does Bunny want Bananas to do if she were to move to the country in the guide books?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the condition Artie gives Bunny if she wants him to accompany her to see the Pope?

2. Is Artie a sympathetic character?

3. Why do the nuns and Ronnie rush to Corrinna when she announces she has two tickets to see the Pope at Yankee Stadium?

4. What does Bananas' story about being on the snowy rooftop foreshadow?

5. Where is Ronnie at the opening of Act II, Scene I, Part I?

6. What does the color blue function as in the Prologue?

7. What does Artie shout offstage for?

8. What does Artie comment to the audience at the beginning of Act II, Scene I, Part II regarding Bunny and Bananas?

9. What does the color blue mean for the characters in the play?

10. What is Bunny doing when we first see her in Act I, Part I?

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