condense with assertRaises
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_scope.py b/Lib/test/test_scope.py
index b68e8f5..cf30ff9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_scope.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_scope.py
@@ -289,19 +289,8 @@
             inner()
             y = 1
 
-        try:
-            errorInOuter()
-        except UnboundLocalError:
-            pass
-        else:
-            self.fail()
-
-        try:
-            errorInInner()
-        except NameError:
-            pass
-        else:
-            self.fail()
+        self.assertRaises(UnboundLocalError, errorInOuter)
+        self.assertRaises(NameError, errorInInner)
 
         # test for bug #1501934: incorrect LOAD/STORE_GLOBAL generation
         exec """