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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. When did Mr. Martin leave his hometown in The Bald Soprano?

2. What did the Smiths' son want to drink at dinner?

3. What do the Smith's discuss about dinner in The Bald Soprano?

4. What is Mr. Martin's name in The Bald Soprano?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe the professor's discourse on philology.

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

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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