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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Woman says she will sleep well because of what reason?
(a) She will hear the Man's breathing at night.
(b) She will take medicine for sleeping.
(c) She will not be cold.
(d) She will hear the wind.

2. What names does the Woman jokingly call the Man?
(a) Man Who Fears Silence and Man Who Fears Women.
(b) Man Who Is Unafraid and Man Who Is Brave.
(c) Man Who Fears Love and Man Who Fears Himself.
(d) Man Who Loves Life and Man Who Drinks.

3. What name does the Woman say the Man can call her?
(a) Sakura.
(b) Ami.
(c) Minako.
(d) Hanako.

4. As the Woman rolls out the sleeping mat, what does she ask the Man?
(a) How old he is.
(b) What his name is.
(c) What his purpose here is.
(d) If he is married.

5. The Woman says she is glad to hear what?
(a) The sound of a voice.
(b) Horses galloping.
(c) The rush of the river.
(d) The birds' singing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Scene 1 conclude?

2. What country is the play's setting?

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

4. Who is the author of "The Sound of a Voice"?

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

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