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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does the maid say that philology leads to in The Lesson?
(a) Hilarity.
(b) Destruction.
(c) Insanity.
(d) Calamity.
2. What doctor, before operating on Parker, "had his own liver operated on first," in The Bald Soprano?
(a) Dr. Martin.
(b) Dr. Smith.
(c) Dr. Slovenian.
(d) Dr. Mackenzie-King.
3. Who is at the door when Mrs. Smith first goes to answer the doorbell in The Bald Soprano?
(a) No one.
(b) Mary.
(c) Mrs. Martin.
(d) Mr. Martin.
4. Where is the setting for The Lesson?
(a) The nursery.
(b) The professor's office.
(c) The pupil's office.
(d) The maid's room.
5. What do the Smith's discuss about dinner in The Bald Soprano?
(a) The lamb.
(b) The potatoes.
(c) The eggs.
(d) The cobbler.
Short Answer Questions
1. Not being able to rely on her reasoning, the pupil has done what with all possible multiplications?
2. In The Bald Soprano, the woman who asphyxiated herself by gas thought it was what?
3. What does the professor use to demonstrate numbers in The Lesson?
4. What is the maid's name in The Bald Soprano?
5. What season is it in The Lesson?
Short Essay Questions
1. What object does the professor take from the shelf? What does he do with it?
2. How does the ending of The Lesson relate to the other plays' endings in the collection?
3. What is the beginning conversation between the Smiths and the Martins like?
4. Describe the doorbell in The Bald Soprano.
5. What do the Smiths and Martins do after the fire chief has left?
6. Which objects in The Lesson are "real?" Which are not?
7. As the lesson continues, how does the professor's and the pupil's demeanor change?
8. What does the ending of The Bald Soprano mean?
9. What do the maid and the professor do at the end of The Lesson?
10. What is notable about the title of The Bald Soprano?
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