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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. As the Woman rolls out the sleeping mat, what does she ask the Man?
(a) What his name is.
(b) What his purpose here is.
(c) How old he is.
(d) If he is married.

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

3. What does the Woman say frightens her?
(a) Silence.
(b) Thunder.
(c) Noise.
(d) Rain.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Man ask the Woman when she tells him her fears?

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

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

4. Who are the two main characters?

5. In Scene 1, the Woman reveals that she does not have many what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Man answer when the Woman asks him what his name is, and what name does the Woman give him?

2. What does the Woman say she taught herself to do, and why?

3. In Scene 8, what plans does the Woman try to make, and what is the Man's reaction?

4. What happens at the end of the fourth scene?

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

6. What are the Woman and the Man doing at the beginning of Scene 1, and what are they talking about?

7. What does the Woman threaten to do to the Man if he does not listen to her while he is meditating, and what is the Man's response to the threat?

8. What is the Woman doing for the Man, and what does he say in the beginning of Scene 8?

9. What does the Woman warn the Man about, and what does this mean?

10. What is the final image of the Woman in the play, and how does this visually illustrate her name?

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