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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 doctor, before operating on Parker, "had his own liver operated on first," in The Bald Soprano?
(a) Dr. Slovenian.
(b) Dr. Smith.
(c) Dr. Mackenzie-King.
(d) Dr. Martin.

2. 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.

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

4. What did the Smiths' son want to drink at dinner?
(a) Beer.
(b) Wine.
(c) Water.
(d) Milk.

5. What are the names of the Watsons' children in The Bald Soprano?
(a) Sarah and Bobby.
(b) Bobby and Bobby.
(c) Billy and Bobby.
(d) Jill and Billy.

Short Answer Questions

1. The professor tells the pupil that in arithmetic, "the thing that counts is, above all" what?

2. Geography and what are twin sisters, according to the professor in The Lesson?

3. Where is the setting for The Lesson?

4. Who is seated on stage at the opening of The Bald Soprano?

5. What does the pupil say her parents want her to do, in addition to getting an education?

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 fire chief's arrival in The Bald Soprano.

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

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

5. What story does Mary tell the Smiths and Martins?

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

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

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

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

10. What is the effect of reading the stage directions before the action in The Lesson?

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