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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the Man dressed in Scene 3?

2. What country is the play's setting?

3. The Woman says she is glad to hear what?

4. How does Scene 1 conclude?

5. What does the Woman touch at the end of Scene 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the Woman accuse the Man of believing, and what does she tell the Man to do?

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

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

6. What does the Woman say in the final scene that she wanted to do for the Man, and what did she not want to do?

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

8. What is the play's message about relationships between men and women?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When the characters of the Man and the Woman first meet, there is an obvious lack of trust. They do not even reveal their true names to each other. Use examples to support your response to the following:

1) What events throughout the play illustrate a lack of trust between the two main characters? What events from their pasts might have caused this distrust?

2) Is there a shift at anytime throughout out the play where the characters learn to trust each other, even just a little bit? What happens to make this trust fade?

3) Does the author represent the mistrust of another human as something normal? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the play, the Woman is represented as an artful soul who has a solitary but poetic life. Please use examples, and write an essay to answer the following questions:

1) How do outsiders perceive the Woman? What makes them think that she is like the way she is?

2) How does the Man's perception of the Woman change over time? Does he truly change his opinion of her by the end of the play?

3) Does the author imply that men view women as beautiful yet mysterious beings? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The Woman uses the song of her flute to provide hope for herself in a world of loneliness. At the end of the play, the Man picks up the Woman's flute and attempts to recreate the hope he saw created by the Woman. Answer the following questions with supporting examples from the play:

1) What does the flute represent to the Woman?

2) What does the flute first represent to the Man? Does his view of the music and flute change over time? If so, what causes this change?

3) What is the author implying at the end of the play when the Man takes up the flute and attempts to play it? Is all hope lost for the Man's fate? Is this the Woman's parting gift to the Man? Why or why not?

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