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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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 Who, in the course of The Lesson, loses gaiety to become withdrawn and morose?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

3. Mr. Smith, in The Bald Soprano, notes that they always give the age of death of deceased persons, but not so of whom?
(a) The engaged couples.
(b) The French.
(c) The newly born.
(d) The children.

4. In The Bald Soprano, who says, "never. It is only the first three times that count"?
(a) Mrs. Martin.
(b) Mr. Smith.
(c) The fire chief.
(d) Mr. Martin.

5. How high does the pupil initially say she can count in The Lesson?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Five.
(d) Infinity.

6. What does the maid say that philology leads to in The Lesson?
(a) Calamity.
(b) Hilarity.
(c) Destruction.
(d) Insanity.

7. The maid tells the professor it is the what time he has killed his pupils?
(a) Sixth.
(b) Tenth.
(c) Fortieth.
(d) Fifth.

8. What question does the student answer wrong in her beginnings with the professor?
(a) Six minus one.
(b) Four plus one.
(c) Four minus three.
(d) Four minus one.

9. Who is the Rumanian grocer that Mrs. Parker knows in The Bald Soprano?
(a) Andreas Gordovsky.
(b) Popesco Rosenfield.
(c) Micheal Romanov.
(d) Arlando Ignesonov.

10. In order to articulate, the professor suggests you do what?
(a) Stand on your head.
(b) Stand barefoot.
(c) Lift your neck and chin.
(d) Put a book on your head.

11. What language does the professor say that Turkish is very close to?
(a) Dutch.
(b) English.
(c) Greek.
(d) French.

12. The pupil in The Lesson says that she wants to qualify for the first what?
(a) Diplomas.
(b) College admissions.
(c) Bar exams.
(d) Doctor's orals.

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

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

15. What season is it in The Lesson?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Fall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is left on stage after the blackout at the end of The Bald Soprano?

2. What does the professor say of the weather in The Lesson?

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 fire chief wearing in The Bald Soprano?

5. What is Bobby Watson's wife's name in The Bald Soprano?

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