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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. In what compartment of the train did the Martins ride in The Bald Soprano?
(a) 8.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 10.

2. In The Bald Soprano, the woman who asphyxiated herself by gas thought it was what?
(a) Her blanket.
(b) Her flashlight.
(c) Her comb.
(d) Her car.

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

4. Who is darning socks in the opening scene of The Bald Soprano?
(a) Mrs. Smith.
(b) Mrs. Warren.
(c) Mr. Smith.
(d) Mrs. Martin.

5. According to Mr. Smith in The Bald Soprano, all the Bobby Watsons are what?
(a) Hospitality workers.
(b) Nurses.
(c) Commercial travelers.
(d) Veterans.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the pupil in The Lesson?

2. What does the maid urge the professor to remain in the beginning of The Lesson?

3. What does the professor use to demonstrate numbers in The Lesson?

4. In The Lesson, the professor says that "our contemporary life has become most" what?

5. What did the Smiths' son want to drink at dinner?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. As the lesson continues, how does the professor's and the pupil's demeanor change?

3. What does Mary say in her aside to the audience in The Bald Soprano?

4. What do the stage directions in the beginning of The Lesson detail?

5. What object does the professor take from the shelf? What does he do with it?

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

7. How is The Lesson absurd? How is it realistic?

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

9. How does the professor attempt to teach the pupil arithmetic?

10. Describe the professor's discourse on philology.

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