View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the first scene, after the Woman clears the dishes, what does she take with her out of the room?
(a) Her silk kimono.
(b) The Man's sleeping mat.
(c) The vase of flowers.
(d) The Man's sword.

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

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

4. 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 can she sleep in a quiet place?
(d) How does she make a living?

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Man say scares him?

2. What does the Man notice the Woman is staring at in Scene 3?

3. Where does the Man hide the flower he takes in Scene 1?

4. What name does the Woman say the Man can call her?

5. The Woman says she will sleep well because of what reason?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the Woman staring at that makes the Man joke about, and what is the Woman's response?

3. Why does the Man send the Woman away in Scene 7?

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

5. How does the Man feel about the Woman's taking away his sword?

6. How does the Scene 8 conclude?

7. What is the setting of Scene 1?

8. What does the Woman say about her dreams, and what does she say she dreamed of?

9. Why does the Man say he can do so much on this particular day in Scene 3?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 674 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample