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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 sound of a flute.
(c) The cry of a bird.
(d) The Woman's coughing.

2. What reason does the Woman give for how she gets her flowers?
(a) She walks and picks them.
(b) She buys them at the market.
(c) They are left on her doorstep.
(d) Visitors bring them.

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

4. Where does the Man hide the flower he takes in Scene 1?
(a) In his bag.
(b) In his pocket.
(c) Under the floorboards.
(d) Behind his back.

5. What is the first thing the Woman does for the Man?
(a) Takes his cloak.
(b) Brings food.
(c) Pours tea.
(d) Removes his shoes.

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

7. Who are the two main characters?
(a) A husband and a wife.
(b) Two brothers.
(c) A man and a woman.
(d) A brother and a sister.

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

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

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

11. What does the Woman say she creates?
(a) A world that is more beautiful than before.
(b) Magical potions.
(c) The life and breath of man.
(d) A world beyond that which the Man can know.

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

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

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

15. What does the Man get out to look at in Scene 4?
(a) His journal.
(b) His sword.
(c) A map.
(d) The flower.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Woman bring the Man in Scene 2?

2. In the first scene, after the Woman clears the dishes, what does she take with her out of the room?

3. What does the Man do when he hears the noise that disturbs him?

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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