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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. Who is the author of "The Sound of a Voice"?
(a) Jhumpa Lahiri.
(b) Peter Bacho.
(c) Amy Tan.
(d) David Henry Hwang.

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

3. The Woman says she is glad to hear what?
(a) The birds' singing.
(b) The rush of the river.
(c) The sound of a voice.
(d) Horses galloping.

4. What does the Man make a joke about in Scene 3?
(a) The neighbors.
(b) The Woman's cooking.
(c) His sword-fighting abilities.
(d) The size of his belly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Man disturbed by in Scene 1?

2. What does the Woman say frightens her?

3. Who are the two main characters?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the Woman afraid that the Man does not like her anymore in the seventh scene?

2. What is the Man's last act in the play?

3. What does the Man do after the Woman leaves in the eighth scene, and how does the Woman react after she returns?

4. What does the Man say about the Woman's flowers in the second scene?

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

6. What does the Man say when the when the Woman inquires about his decision in Scene 2?

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

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

9. How does the Man react when he is awakened at night in Scene 6?

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

(see the answer keys)

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