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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the Woman say the Man would not like her music?
(a) He is deaf.
(b) He is from the city.
(c) She plays badly.
(d) She is uneducated.

3. What does the Woman accuse the Man of believing in the last scene?
(a) That she is a liar.
(b) That she is wealthy.
(c) That she is a witch.
(d) That she cannot be loved.

4. What reason does the Woman tell the man to stop telling a story about his friend?
(a) He cannot get rid of her that easily.
(b) She is ill from hearing it.
(c) He is a terrible storyteller.
(d) He is lying.

5. What does the Man want the Woman to do for him one day in Scene 5?
(a) Write him a story.
(b) Play her music for him.
(c) Become his wife.
(d) Make his favorite food.

6. What does the Man hear in the sixth scene?
(a) The wind.
(b) A flute.
(c) A bird.
(d) A storm.

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

8. What does the Woman do to stop the Man from meditating?
(a) Calls him in for dinner.
(b) Pretends to faint.
(c) Pulls the sword out from under him.
(d) Makes a lot of noise.

9. What does the Man discover happened to him after he stops meditating?
(a) His hearing has gone.
(b) He has lost all his money.
(c) He is cut and bleeding under his chin.
(d) He no longer can see.

10. What does the Man say he is a fool about?
(a) History.
(b) Music.
(c) Life.
(d) Women.

11. What does the Woman say she has taught herself to do?
(a) Keep herself safe.
(b) Learn how to cook.
(c) Make memories live forever.
(d) Make the flute sound like a human voice.

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

13. What reason does the Man give for meditating the way he does?
(a) He has always done it that way.
(b) His father taught him the technique.
(c) He learned it in a dream.
(d) His friend told him it develops concentration.

14. What does the Woman say she dreamed about?
(a) The Man and his sword.
(b) The song of the flute.
(c) Her mother.
(d) The Man making her laugh.

15. What is the Man doing when the Woman asks him to join her in the eighth scene?
(a) Drinking tea.
(b) Meditating.
(c) Practicing with a sword.
(d) Doing chores.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Man doing at the beginning of Scene 7?

2. Why is the Woman shocked to see the Man when she comes back in Scene 8?

3. What does the Woman say she only intended to do for the Man?

4. What does the Man intend to do in the beginning of the ninth scene?

5. What falls to the ground at the very end of the play?

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