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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is/are the only prop/props seen onstage at the start of the play?
(a) Table and chairs.
(b) A wheelbarrow.
(c) A vase of flowers.
(d) A stained glass window.

2. What does the Woman bring inside the room in Scene 2?
(a) Her pet bird.
(b) Her own sword.
(c) The vase of flowers.
(d) A silk kimono.

3. What country is the play's setting?
(a) China.
(b) Japan.
(c) United States.
(d) Vietnam.

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

5. The Man says he is accustomed to what?
(a) A lot of sound.
(b) Being waited on.
(c) Being hungry.
(d) Lots of women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Woman thank the Man for doing in the third scene?

2. What does the Woman convince the Man to do at the conclusion of the second scene?

3. What reason does the Woman give for how she gets her flowers?

4. What reason does the Woman give the Man to stop his chore in Scene 3?

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

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