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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the Man doing in the beginning of the second scene?
(a) Sharpening his sword.
(b) Preparing to leave.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Eating breakfast.

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

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

7. When the Woman is preparing something to eat for the Man, what does the Man do?
(a) Falls asleep.
(b) Watches the woman.
(c) Yells at her to hurry.
(d) Takes a flower out of the vase.

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

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

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

11. How does Scene 1 conclude?
(a) The Woman is cries in her room.
(b) The Woman sings to the Man.
(c) The Man sits on a mat, sword by his side.
(d) The Man falls asleep peacefully.

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

13. What is the Man doing in the beginning of Scene 3?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Practicing with his sword.
(c) Writing in a journal.
(d) Chopping wood.

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

15. What does the Man notice the Woman is staring at in Scene 3?
(a) His eyes.
(b) His belly.
(c) His muscles.
(d) The sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Man hear in Scene 4 that wakes him up?

2. What name does the Woman say is too common?

3. What does the Woman tell the Man that he should learn to love?

4. In Scene 1, the Woman reveals that she does not have many what?

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

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