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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the professor tell the pupil he is going to do about her ears in the end of The Lesson?

2. Where is Mr. Martin originally from in The Bald Soprano?

3. What does the maid enter to look for in the beginning of The Lesson?

4. In The Bald Soprano, Mr. Smith claims that only what is honest in England?

5. Who says, "we can't be sure of anything, young lady, in this world"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is similar about The Bald Soprano to the other plays in the book?

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

6. Describe the fire chief's arrival in The Bald Soprano.

7. What does the professor do after the death of the pupil?

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

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

10. Describe the transitions of the professor and the pupil in The Lesson.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the characters of the old man and the old woman in the play, The Chairs. In what ways do they differ? What are their similarities?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of "chaos versus order" in the play The Lesson.

Essay Topic 3

Compare the Smiths and the Martins in The Bald Soprano. How do these characters switch roles in the play? What is the meaning of this?

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