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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the old woman and old man claim his job to be in The Chairs?
(a) General contractor.
(b) Engineering manager.
(c) General factotum.
(d) Socialist endeavorist.

2. How many addresses did Grandfather Jack have?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

3. What is the maid's name in The Lesson?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Mary.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Marie.

4. From what is the bad smell, according to the old woman in The Chairs?
(a) Stagnant water.
(b) A dead person.
(c) A dead rat.
(d) Mildewed towels.

5. What does Father Jack say Roberta's tongue is the color of?
(a) Beets.
(b) Tomato sauce.
(c) Cherries.
(d) Strawberries.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in Jack, or The Submission mostly just sings?

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

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

4. What does the maid enter to look for in the beginning of The Lesson?

5. Mr. Smith, in The Bald Soprano, notes that they always give the age of death of deceased persons, but not so of whom?

(see the answer key)

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