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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 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.

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

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

11. 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.

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

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

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

15. The Man reveals he is from where?
(a) The south.
(b) Across the sea.
(c) The city.
(d) The north.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the Man dressed in Scene 3?

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

3. What is/are the only prop/props seen onstage at the start of the play?

4. As the Woman rolls out the sleeping mat, what does she ask the Man?

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

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