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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 third guest's husband's occupation in The Chairs?

2. Who is Jack's fiancee?

3. From what is the bad smell, according to the old woman in The Chairs?

4. How much time per day does the old man devote to working on his message in The Chairs?

5. Who smacks Grandfather Jack in Jack, or The Submission?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the reaction of the couple when the orator arrives in The Chairs? Describe him.

2. What does Jack say that makes his family celebrate him?

3. What story does the old man tell the old woman in The Chairs? How does it end?

4. Describe the differences of character development in The Chairs versus the other plays.

5. How does the action rise in The Chairs?

6. What does the orator say when he arrives?

7. Describe the opening scene of Jack, or The Submission.

8. What happens when Roberta's veil is lifted in Jack, or The Submission?

9. What actually happens at the end of Jack, or The Submission?

10. Describe the main characters' interaction with their first guest in The Chairs.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the Nazi armband in the play, The Lesson. What is the significance of this? How does its use break from typical absurdist style?

Essay Topic 3

Compare the settings of The Bald Soprano and The Chairs. How are they similar? How are they different? What symbols or motifs exist in each?

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