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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Woman bring the Man in Scene 2?
(a) Water.
(b) Food.
(c) New clothes.
(d) A new sword.

2. What is the Man's response when the Woman asks where he is going in the second scene?
(a) He laughs and walks away.
(b) He lies to her.
(c) He is unable and unprepared to tell her.
(d) He breaks down and cries.

3. What does the Woman say frightens her?
(a) Rain.
(b) Noise.
(c) Silence.
(d) Thunder.

4. Who are the two main characters?
(a) A husband and a wife.
(b) Two brothers.
(c) A brother and a sister.
(d) A man and a woman.

5. In Scene 1, the Woman reveals that she does not have many what?
(a) Lovers.
(b) Friends.
(c) Siblings.
(d) Visitors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is/are the only prop/props seen onstage at the start of the play?

2. What names does the Woman jokingly call the Man?

3. In the first scene, after the Woman clears the dishes, what does she take with her out of the room?

4. What does the Man ask the Woman when she tells him her fears?

5. What does the Man say about the flowers in the vase?

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