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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the setting for The Lesson?
(a) The maid's room.
(b) The pupil's office.
(c) The nursery.
(d) The professor's office.

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 Who, in the course of The Lesson, loses gaiety to become withdrawn and morose?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

3. In attempting a partial doctorate, the professor says he must attempt to instruct the pupil in what?
(a) Geography and mathematics.
(b) Linguistics and comparative philology.
(c) Anatomy and geography.
(d) Biology and horticulture.

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

5. How long has the professor lived in this town in The Lesson?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 15 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 20 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the Smiths' maid go to the cinema with in The Bald Soprano?

2. What does the pupil say her parents want her to do, in addition to getting an education?

3. Who tells a story about seeing a man in the underground reading a newspaper in The Bald Soprano?

4. What does the fire chief have orders to do in The Bald Soprano?

5. What is the first story told by the fire chief in The Bald Soprano?

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