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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does the Woman give the Man to stop his chore in Scene 3?
(a) He looks tired.
(b) There is no more to do.
(c) It is time to eat.
(d) She will finish it.

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

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

4. How is the Man dressed in Scene 3?
(a) He is wearing armor.
(b) He is wearing his sleeping clothes.
(c) He is dressed in rags.
(d) He is shirtless.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Man's response when the Woman asks where he is going in the second scene?

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

3. What names does the Woman jokingly call the Man?

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

5. What does the Woman bring the Man in Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has the Man's attitude toward the Woman changed in Scene 8 compared to the previous scenes, and why?

2. What does the Woman say about her flowers in Scene 2?

3. What does the Man say happened to his friend?

4. What is the Man doing at the beginning of the final scene? What does confess, and what does the Woman interpret this to mean?

5. Why does the Man ask the Woman how she can sleep at night, and what is her response?

6. What is the Man doing at the beginning of the third scene, and what is his appearance?

7. What is the significance of what the Man takes out of his pocket in the sixth scene?

8. What does the Woman's taking of the Man's sword symbolize in the play?

9. What disturbs the Man as he is getting ready to go to sleep in the first scene, and how does he react?

10. What is the main theme in Scene 1?

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