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

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

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

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

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

6. What does the Woman convince the Man to do at the conclusion of the second scene?
(a) Stay with her.
(b) Play a game.
(c) Giver her money.
(d) Leave.

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

12. 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) How old he is.
(d) What his name is.

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Man says he is accustomed to what?

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

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

4. Where does the Man hide the flower he takes in Scene 1?

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

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