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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What does the Woman touch at the end of Scene 3?
(a) The Man's belly.
(b) The Man's leg.
(c) The Man's cheek.
(d) Her aching back.

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

4. 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.

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

6. Who is the author of "The Sound of a Voice"?
(a) Jhumpa Lahiri.
(b) David Henry Hwang.
(c) Peter Bacho.
(d) Amy Tan.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. What does the Man ask the Woman when she tells him her fears?
(a) How can she sleep in a quiet place?
(b) How are her children?
(c) How is her husband?
(d) How does she make a living?

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the Man dressed in Scene 3?

2. What name does the Woman say the Man can call her?

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

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

5. The Man says he is accustomed to what?

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