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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 did the Smiths' son want to drink at dinner?

2. How old is the maid in The Lesson?

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

4. In The Bald Soprano, who says, "never. It is only the first three times that count"?

5. The Smiths were given seven silver what for their wedding in The Bald Soprano?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in the beginning of The Lesson? What is the setting?

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

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

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

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

6. What does the fire chief say upon leaving? How does this tie into the title of The Bald Soprano?

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

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

9. Describe the professor's discourse on philology.

10. Describe the doorbell in The Bald Soprano.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the characters of the professor in The Lesson to the old man in The Chairs. What similarities do they share? What differences?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the use of invisible versus real objects in the play The Lesson. What is the significance of each?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of submission and conformity in the play Jack, or The Submission. How does this theme manifest itself?

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