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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 does the pupil say her parents are fairly?
(a) Complicated.
(b) Strict.
(c) Stubborn.
(d) Rich.
2. Who is seated on stage at the opening of The Bald Soprano?
(a) The Smiths.
(b) The Warrens.
(c) The Kinsmen.
(d) The Martins.
3. What season is it in The Lesson?
(a) Fall.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.
4. Whose mother courted Mr. Smith in The Bald Soprano?
(a) Mr. Martin's.
(b) The fire chief's.
(c) Mary's.
(d) Mrs. Martin's.
5. Who says, "times are bad. That's true all over. It's the same this year with business and agriculture as it is with fires, nothing is prospering"?
(a) The fire chief.
(b) Mr. Martin.
(c) Mr. Smith.
(d) Mary.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the professor tell the pupil he is going to do about her ears in the end of The Lesson?
2. What does Mrs. Smith claim a fireman is also in The Bald Soprano?
3. What doctor, before operating on Parker, "had his own liver operated on first," in The Bald Soprano?
4. When did Mr. Martin leave his hometown in The Bald Soprano?
5. In The Lesson, the pupil says, "I know my ______, don't I, Professor?"
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the ending of The Bald Soprano mean?
2. Describe the professor's discourse on philology.
3. Describe the doorbell in The Bald Soprano.
4. Describe the distinguishing qualities of the set and the Smiths in The Bald Soprano.
5. How does the ending of The Lesson relate to the other plays' endings in the collection?
6. What initial conversation takes place between the professor and the pupil in The Lesson?
7. How is The Lesson absurd? How is it realistic?
8. What does the fire chief say upon leaving? How does this tie into the title of The Bald Soprano?
9. Describe the fire chief's arrival in The Bald Soprano.
10. Why are the initial stage directions atypical in The Lesson?
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