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

2. What does the Man say scares him?
(a) Rain.
(b) Noise.
(c) Silence.
(d) Thunder.

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

4. What name does the Woman say is too common?
(a) Man Who Fears Darkness.
(b) Man Who Fears Himself.
(c) Man Who Fears Women.
(d) Man Who Fears Silence.

5. The Man says he is accustomed to what?
(a) Being waited on.
(b) Being hungry.
(c) Lots of women.
(d) A lot of sound.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What country is the play's setting?

4. In the first scene, after the Woman clears the dishes, what does she take with her out of the room?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the beginning of Scene 4?

2. What does the Man tell the Woman about her music in Scene 5?

3. What is changing in the relationship between the Man and the Woman in the fourth scene?

4. What happens after the Man and Woman bid each other goodnight on the first night they meet?

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

6. What is the symbolism of the flute at the end of the play?

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

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

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

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

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