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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. Of whom does the fire chief say, "It is she who extinguished my first fires"?

2. Who appear to not know each other in The Bald Soprano?

3. Who is at the door when Mrs. Smith first goes to answer the doorbell in The Bald Soprano?

4. What story does the fire chief tell after Mrs. Smith breaks down sobbing in The Bald Soprano?

5. Not being able to rely on her reasoning, the pupil has done what with all possible multiplications?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss satire in The Bald Soprano. How does this apply to the language in the play? How was it originated?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the Nazi armband in the play, The Lesson. What is the significance of this? How does its use break from typical absurdist style?

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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