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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. According to Mr. Smith in The Bald Soprano, all the Bobby Watsons are what?

2. How old is the maid in The Lesson?

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

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

5. What question does the student answer wrong in her beginnings with the professor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the professor's discourse on philology.

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

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

5. Describe the distinguishing qualities of the set and the Smiths in The Bald Soprano.

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the plot structure of the play The Chairs. Where is the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution? Define these in your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Compare the settings of The Bald Soprano and The Chairs. How are they similar? How are they different? What symbols or motifs exist in each?

Essay Topic 3

Compare the characters of Jack, from Jack, or The Submission, and the Pupil from The Lesson. How are they similar? How are they different?

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