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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 is the name of the Martins' daughter in The Bald Soprano?

2. In The Lesson, the pupil says, "I know my ______, don't I, Professor?"

3. Where is the setting for The Lesson?

4. What does the professor use to demonstrate numbers in The Lesson?

5. Whose mother courted Mr. Smith in The Bald Soprano?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is notable about the title of The Bald Soprano?

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

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

4. What does the maid interrupt the professor and pupil for?

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

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

7. What do the Smiths and Martins do after the fire chief has left?

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

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

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

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?

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 "chaos versus order" in the play The Lesson.

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