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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Jack, or The Submission.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who taught Jack to roll his r's?
(a) Mother Jack.
(b) Father Robert.
(c) Roberta I.
(d) Father Jack.

2. When did Mr. Martin leave his hometown in The Bald Soprano?
(a) Five years ago.
(b) Five weeks ago.
(c) Five months ago.
(d) Five days ago.

3. How old is the pupil in The Lesson?
(a) 18.
(b) 6.
(c) 22.
(d) 12.

4. What does the maid say that philology leads to in The Lesson?
(a) Destruction.
(b) Insanity.
(c) Hilarity.
(d) Calamity.

5. In The Bald Soprano, the woman who asphyxiated herself by gas thought it was what?
(a) Her blanket.
(b) Her flashlight.
(c) Her comb.
(d) Her car.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, in the course of The Lesson, loses gaiety to become withdrawn and morose?

2. What does Mrs. Smith claim a fireman is also in The Bald Soprano?

3. Who is at the door when Mrs. Smith first goes to answer the doorbell in The Bald Soprano?

4. When leading her to say "autumn," what does the professor say it begins like?

5. What does Jack's father do to him early in Jack, or The Submission?

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