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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Smiths were given seven silver what for their wedding in The Bald Soprano?
(a) Knives.
(b) Salvers.
(c) Forks.
(d) Spoons.

2. What are the following languages, according to the professor? Spanish, Latin, Italian, French, Portuguese, etc.
(a) Romantic languages.
(b) Neo-German.
(c) Latin derivatives.
(d) Neo-Spanish.

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

4. In The Bald Soprano, who says, "you are both partly right. When the doorbell rings, sometimes there is someone, other times there is no one"?
(a) The fire chief.
(b) Mrs. Martin.
(c) Mrs. Smith.
(d) Mr. Smith.

5. What did Roberta II see in the water when she was going to take a bath?
(a) A rat.
(b) A guinea pig.
(c) An orangutang.
(d) A giraffe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has the old man hired in The Chairs?

2. Where would the professor just as soon live in The Lesson?

3. What does the maid say that philology leads to in The Lesson?

4. In The Chairs, what does the old woman offer the first arrival offstage?

5. Who smacks Grandfather Jack in Jack, or The Submission?

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