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 Who, in the course of The Lesson, loses gaiety to become withdrawn and morose?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

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

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

4. The pupil says that her perception of what is "rather vague...confused"?
(a) Geography.
(b) French.
(c) Geometry.
(d) Plurality.

5. What does the pupil say her parents are fairly?
(a) Rich.
(b) Complicated.
(c) Strict.
(d) Stubborn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of the Watsons' children in The Bald Soprano?

2. The maid tells the professor it is the what time he has killed his pupils?

3. What have the Smith's had for dinner in the beginning of The Bald Soprano?

4. What time does Mrs. Smith say it is when she first speaks to her husband in The Bald Soprano?

5. Who tells a story about seeing a man in the underground reading a newspaper in The Bald Soprano?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the beginning conversation between the Smiths and the Martins like?

2. Describe the doorbell in The Bald Soprano.

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

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

5. Which objects in The Lesson are "real?" Which are not?

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

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

8. Why are the initial stage directions atypical in The Lesson?

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

10. What do the Smiths and Martins do after the fire chief has left?

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