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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The professor states in The Lesson, "It takes years and years to learn to _____. Thanks to science, we can achieve this in a few minutes."
(a) Pronounce.
(b) Multiply.
(c) Play piano.
(d) Divide.

2. What is the fire chief wearing in The Bald Soprano?
(a) A blond wig.
(b) An enormous shiny helmet.
(c) An ornate ruby ring.
(d) A fake moustache.

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

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

5. Who tells a story about seeing a man in the underground reading a newspaper in The Bald Soprano?
(a) Mr. Martin.
(b) Mary.
(c) Mrs. Smith.
(d) Mr. Smith.

6. What is Mrs. Martin's first name in The Bald Soprano?
(a) Doris.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Ellen.
(d) Marie.

7. 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) Mrs. Martin.
(b) Mr. Smith.
(c) Mrs. Smith.
(d) The fire chief.

8. What, according to the professor, are so closely related as to be true second cousins?
(a) Romantic languages.
(b) Neo-Spanish languages.
(c) Spanish and French.
(d) French and Latin.

9. In The Bald Soprano, Mr. Smith claims that only what is honest in England?
(a) Doctors.
(b) The Royal Navy.
(c) Fire chiefs.
(d) Lawyers.

10. What does the professor say of the weather in The Lesson?
(a) It's snowing.
(b) It is foggy and gray.
(c) It's not raining and not snowing either.
(d) It is raining.

11. What story does Mr. Smith tell in The Bald Soprano?
(a) "The Dog and the Cow."
(b) "The Noose and the Rope."
(c) "The Dungeon and the Dwarf."
(d) "The Snake and the Fox."

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

13. When leading her to say "autumn," what does the professor say it begins like?
(a) August.
(b) Automatic.
(c) Automobile.
(d) Autonomous.

14. Not being able to rely on her reasoning, the pupil has done what with all possible multiplications?
(a) Recalculated.
(b) Learned a new system.
(c) Forgotten them.
(d) Memorized.

15. What story does the fire chief tell after Mrs. Smith breaks down sobbing in The Bald Soprano?
(a) "The Dog and the Cow."
(b) "The Headcold."
(c) "The Smiths."
(d) "The Fire Chief."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is "a good manager, thrifty, plays the piano," in The Bald Soprano?

2. What does the professor write on to illustrate numbers to the pupil?

3. In The Lesson, the pupil says, "I know my ______, don't I, Professor?"

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

5. Who is darning socks in the opening scene of The Bald Soprano?

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