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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 maid's name in The Lesson?

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

3. What is another word for phonemes?

4. Mr. Smith, in The Bald Soprano, notes that they always give the age of death of deceased persons, but not so of whom?

5. Who died three years ago, according to Mr. Smith in The Bald Soprano?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What initial conversation takes place between the professor and the pupil in The Lesson?

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

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

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

7. Describe the relationship between Mr. and Mrs. Martin when they "meet."

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe the title of the play, The Bald Soprano. Where does this line occur in the text? What is the significance of this?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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