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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 do when he is excited about his accomplishment in Scene 5?
(a) He embraces the Woman.
(b) He sings a song.
(c) He dances.
(d) He writes a letter.

2. What is the Man's response when the Woman offers to play the flute for him in Scene 7?
(a) He enjoys it.
(b) He does not want to be soothed like a baby.
(c) He wants to hear a different song.
(d) He hates the sound and gets angry.

3. What does the Woman say she tried to fill the silence with?
(a) Prayers.
(b) Beautiful flowers.
(c) The music of her flute.
(d) The sound of a voice.

4. Why is the Woman shocked to see the Man when she comes back in Scene 8?
(a) He is sleeping.
(b) He is gone.
(c) He is not wearing clothes.
(d) He is sitting in a dangerous position.

5. What is the Man carrying at the beginning of Scene 9?
(a) A harp.
(b) The vase of flowers.
(c) An injured bird.
(d) A bundle of his belongings.

6. What does the Man kill with his sword?
(a) A bird.
(b) A mouse.
(c) A mosquito.
(d) A grasshopper.

7. After the Man compliments the Woman on her flute playing, how often does the Woman say she will play her music?
(a) Never again.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Every night.
(d) All day.

8. What does the Man say the Woman can listen to in Scene 5?
(a) His song.
(b) The wind.
(c) His voice.
(d) Her own song.

9. How does the Man describe the Woman's music?
(a) Magical.
(b) Hypnotic.
(c) Hurtful.
(d) Beautiful.

10. What does the Man do at the end of the final scene?
(a) Leaves and never comes back.
(b) Sits and meditates on his life.
(c) Leaves and comes back a few minutes later.
(d) Stays with the Woman.

11. What does the Man intend to do in the beginning of the ninth scene?
(a) Kill the Woman.
(b) Steal the Woman's money.
(c) Leave the Woman.
(d) Kill himself.

12. What reason does the Man say he no longer can stay with the Woman?
(a) He has to return home.
(b) He has been defeated.
(c) He was never in love with her.
(d) He has a wife already.

13. What does the Woman understand the Man's confession to mean?
(a) He was playing a joke on her.
(b) He came to kill her.
(c) He was lying and was a theif.
(d) He truly loved her.

14. What condition is the Woman in at the end of the play?
(a) She is asleep.
(b) She is weeping.
(c) She is meditating.
(d) She is dead.

15. What does the Woman want the Man to do with the sword when she is scared in Scene 8?
(a) Put it away.
(b) Give it to her.
(c) Throw it in the river.
(d) Kill her with it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Man doing at the end of the play?

2. How does the Man react when the Woman stops his meditation?

3. What does the Man say he is a fool about?

4. What does the Man get rid of for the Woman in Scene 5?

5. What does the Man get out of his pocket at the end of the sixth scene?

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