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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose mother courted Mr. Smith in The Bald Soprano?
(a) Mrs. Martin's.
(b) The fire chief's.
(c) Mary's.
(d) Mr. Martin's.

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

3. Who, in the course of The Lesson, loses gaiety to become withdrawn and morose?
(a) The professor.
(b) The visitor.
(c) The maid.
(d) The pupil.

4. Geography and what are twin sisters, according to the professor in The Lesson?
(a) Typography.
(b) Geology.
(c) Anatomy.
(d) Philology.

5. What does the professor go and take out of the drawer in the end of The Lesson?
(a) Some chalk.
(b) A knive.
(c) A rope.
(d) A pencil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Smiths' son want to drink at dinner?

2. Where has Mr. Martin resided since coming to London in The Bald Soprano?

3. The Smiths were given seven silver what for their wedding in The Bald Soprano?

4. The pupil says that her perception of what is "rather vague...confused"?

5. Where is Mrs. Martin originally from in The Bald Soprano?

(see the answer key)

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