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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first story told by the fire chief in The Bald Soprano?

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

3. Whose mother courted Mr. Smith in The Bald Soprano?

4. What is Mrs. Martin's first name in The Bald Soprano?

5. What diplomas does the pupil have in The Lesson?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the maid and the professor do at the end of The Lesson?

2. What happens in the beginning of The Lesson? What is the setting?

3. What does the maid interrupt the professor and pupil for?

4. Describe the transitions of the professor and the pupil in The Lesson.

5. What is similar about The Bald Soprano to the other plays in the book?

6. Describe the professor's discourse on philology.

7. What does the professor do after the death of the pupil?

8. What is the effect of reading the stage directions before the action in The Lesson?

9. How does the professor attempt to teach the pupil arithmetic?

10. Describe the doorbell in The Bald Soprano.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the ending of the play Jack, or The Submission. What occurs and what is the symbolic meaning of this ending?

Essay Topic 2

Compare the characters of the professor in The Lesson to the old man in The Chairs. What similarities do they share? What differences?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of "chaos versus order" in the play The Lesson.

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