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

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

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

4. In The Lesson, the professor says that a bad what can get you into trouble?
(a) Brain.
(b) Arithmetic.
(c) Education.
(d) Pronunciation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the professor go and take out of the drawer in the end of The Lesson?

2. What story does Mr. Smith tell in The Bald Soprano?

3. Where is the setting for The Lesson?

4. What language does the professor say that Turkish is very close to?

5. In The Bald Soprano, who says, "never. It is only the first three times that count"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the fire chief say upon leaving? How does this tie into the title of The Bald Soprano?

2. Describe the relationship between Mr. and Mrs. Martin when they "meet."

3. Discuss tension and satire thematically in The Bald Soprano.

4. What does the ending of The Bald Soprano mean?

5. How does the ending of The Lesson relate to the other plays' endings in the collection?

6. What is Absurdism and how does it inhabit the four plays of the book?

7. What do the Smiths and Martins respond to the fire chief? What does he do afterward?

8. What do the maid and the professor do at the end of The Lesson?

9. Discuss the differences between The Bald Soprano and the other plays in the collection.

10. What initial conversation takes place between the professor and the pupil in The Lesson?

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