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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. Why did the Fire Chief ring the doorbell?
(a) To be admitted to the house.
(b) To finish the tea.
(c) To put out the fire.
(d) He did not ring the bell.

2. What does Mary claim is her real name?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Bobby Watson.
(c) Mary Martin.
(d) Sherlock Holmes.

3. According to Mr. Martin, what is a staff?
(a) Bread.
(b) A laugh.
(c) A peacekeeping tool.
(d) The perfect wedding gift.

4. According to Mrs. Martin, what is honorable?
(a) Proper behavior.
(b) All that is human.
(c) Truth.
(d) English manners.

5. Why does the Fire Chief refuse to visit Mr. Durand?
(a) He is not English.
(b) His doorbell is broken.
(c) He is uninsured.
(d) He does not have any tea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bobby Watson do on Tuesdays?

2. Whom does Mr. Smith wish would marry his maid?

3. According to the Fire Chief, who rang the doorbell the third time?

4. What silly name do Mrs. Smith and Mr. Martin create out of Robert Browning and Rudyard Kipling's names?

5. According to the Fire Chief, why can't he put out a fire at a naturalized citizen's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the characters react to Mary's poem, "The Fire"?

2. How do Mary and the Fire Chief shock the Smiths and the Martins?

3. What effect does the outcome of the play have on the characters?

4. How is Realism used in the play?

5. Describe the Smith children.

6. How are pity and fear used to evoke a response from the audience?

7. How is mediocrity presented in the play?

8. Describe the plot behind Mrs. Smith's story of the man who bought flowers.

9. How does the Fire Chief settle the argument over the doorbell?

10. Why is "The Bald Soprano" also called "the anti-play"?

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