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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Man make a joke about in Scene 3?
(a) The neighbors.
(b) His sword-fighting abilities.
(c) The Woman's cooking.
(d) The size of his belly.

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

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

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

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

6. Why does the Man say he can do so much work?
(a) He is strong and in love.
(b) It needs to be done so he has to do it.
(c) It is a beautiful setting and any man could do it.
(d) It is wonderful to hear the birds sing.

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

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

9. Why does the Woman say the Man should not make jokes?
(a) Beause he is not funny.
(b) Because he looks strong.
(c) Because she loves him.
(d) Because she hates him.

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

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

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

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

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

15. What name does the Woman say is too common?
(a) Man Who Fears Himself.
(b) Man Who Fears Women.
(c) Man Who Fears Silence.
(d) Man Who Fears Darkness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Woman say she creates?

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

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

5. What is the Man doing in the beginning of Scene 3?

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