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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The professor states in The Lesson, "It takes years and years to learn to _____. Thanks to science, we can achieve this in a few minutes."
(a) Pronounce.
(b) Play piano.
(c) Multiply.
(d) Divide.

2. What season is it in The Lesson?
(a) Fall.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

3. In The Bald Soprano, who tells the audience, "My real name is Sherlock Holmes"?
(a) Mary.
(b) Helen.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Mrs. Smith.

4. How many strokes does the "English clock" strike at the beginning of The Bald Soprano?
(a) 12.
(b) 13.
(c) 17.
(d) 11.

5. When leading her to say "autumn," what does the professor say it begins like?
(a) Automatic.
(b) Autonomous.
(c) Automobile.
(d) August.

6. In The Lesson, the professor says that "our contemporary life has become most" what?
(a) Cordial.
(b) Insatiable.
(c) Violent.
(d) Complex.

7. How high does the pupil initially say she can count in The Lesson?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Infinity.
(c) Ten.
(d) Five.

8. How long has the professor lived in this town in The Lesson?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 20 years.

9. How old is the maid in The Lesson?
(a) 45-50.
(b) 65-70.
(c) 35-40.
(d) 25-30.

10. What is the maid's name in The Lesson?
(a) Marie.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Mary.

11. What question does the student answer wrong in her beginnings with the professor?
(a) Six minus one.
(b) Four minus three.
(c) Four minus one.
(d) Four plus one.

12. What is another word for phonemes?
(a) Integers.
(b) Sounds.
(c) Languages.
(d) Subtraction.

13. What does the maid say that philology leads to in The Lesson?
(a) Calamity.
(b) Insanity.
(c) Destruction.
(d) Hilarity.

14. In The Bald Soprano, who says, "you are both partly right. When the doorbell rings, sometimes there is someone, other times there is no one"?
(a) The fire chief.
(b) Mrs. Smith.
(c) Mr. Smith.
(d) Mrs. Martin.

15. Where is the setting for The Lesson?
(a) The pupil's office.
(b) The professor's office.
(c) The nursery.
(d) The maid's room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the Smiths' maid go to the cinema with in The Bald Soprano?

2. What have the Smith's had for dinner in the beginning of The Bald Soprano?

3. In The Bald Soprano, Mr. Smith claims that only what is honest in England?

4. Who is the Rumanian grocer that Mrs. Parker knows in The Bald Soprano?

5. The pupil in The Lesson says that she wants to qualify for the first what?

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