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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Lesson.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the professor use to demonstrate numbers in The Lesson?
(a) Matches.
(b) Children.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Dogs.

2. Where would the professor just as soon live in The Lesson?
(a) New York.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Paris.
(d) London.

3. Of whom does the fire chief say, "It is she who extinguished my first fires"?
(a) Mrs. Smith.
(b) Harriet.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Mary.

4. What do the Smith's discuss about dinner in The Bald Soprano?
(a) The potatoes.
(b) The lamb.
(c) The eggs.
(d) The cobbler.

5. Who is "a good manager, thrifty, plays the piano," in The Bald Soprano?
(a) Helen.
(b) Mrs. Martin.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of the Watsons' children in The Bald Soprano?

2. The maid tells the professor it is the what time he has killed his pupils?

3. 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"?

4. What is the name of the Martins' daughter in The Bald Soprano?

5. The professor states in The Lesson, "every tongue is at bottom nothing but _____."

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