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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Man disturbed by in Scene 1?
(a) The Woman's singing.
(b) The cry of a bird.
(c) The Woman's coughing.
(d) The sound of a flute.

2. What does the Man say about the flowers in the vase?
(a) They are poisonous.
(b) They do not grow nearby.
(c) They are ugly.
(d) They are beautiful.

3. What does the Woman thank the Man for doing in the third scene?
(a) Helping her cook.
(b) Keeping her company.
(c) Chopping so much wood.
(d) Giving her money.

4. What does the Man say scares him?
(a) Silence.
(b) Noise.
(c) Thunder.
(d) Rain.

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

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

7. 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.

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

9. What does the Woman tell the Man that he should learn to love?
(a) His belly.
(b) Himself.
(c) The world.
(d) Her singing.

10. What does the Woman say happens when she takes care of her flowers?
(a) The flowers last for months.
(b) She gets magical powers.
(c) The flowers start to grow.
(d) She makes perfume from the flowers.

11. What does the Man do when he hears the noise that disturbs him?
(a) He sings along.
(b) He pulls out his sword.
(c) He ignores it.
(d) He yells for it to stop.

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

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

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

15. What does the Man hear in Scene 4 that wakes him up?
(a) A scream.
(b) The flute.
(c) Birds' chirping.
(d) Thunder.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Man get out to look at in Scene 4?

3. When the Woman is preparing something to eat for the Man, what does the Man do?

4. What is the Man's response when the Woman asks where he is going in the second scene?

5. Why does the Woman say the Man should not make jokes?

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