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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. The professor tells the pupil that in arithmetic, "the thing that counts is, above all" what?

2. Where is Mr. Martin originally from in The Bald Soprano?

3. What are the following languages, according to the professor? Spanish, Latin, Italian, French, Portuguese, etc.

4. What does the professor go and take out of the drawer in the end of The Lesson?

5. Who died three years ago, according to Mr. Smith in The Bald Soprano?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the fire chief say upon leaving? How does this tie into the title of The Bald Soprano?

2. What do the Smiths and Martins respond to the fire chief? What does he do afterward?

3. Why are the initial stage directions atypical in The Lesson?

4. Describe the doorbell in The Bald Soprano.

5. Describe the relationship between Mr. and Mrs. Martin when they "meet."

6. What object does the professor take from the shelf? What does he do with it?

7. What is notable about the title of The Bald Soprano?

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

9. What do the Smiths and Martins do after the fire chief has left?

10. What does the ending of The Bald Soprano mean?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the characters of Jack, from Jack, or The Submission, and the Pupil from The Lesson. How are they similar? How are they different?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the use of invisible versus real objects in the play The Lesson. What is the significance of each?

Essay Topic 3

Compare the Smiths and the Martins in The Bald Soprano. How do these characters switch roles in the play? What is the meaning of this?

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