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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. What does the Woman say she creates?

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

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

4. What does the Woman say frightens her?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the Woman tell the Man to do at the end of the third scene, and what does she do to the man?

5. 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?

6. What does the Man explain to the Woman about what his friend told him about meditating?

7. What does the Woman persuade the Man to do at the end of the second scene?

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

9. What does the Man look at at night in the fourth scene, and what does this imply about his feelings?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The play has only two characters, the Man and the Woman. Each of these characters represents good and bad things to one another. Using supporting examples, respond to the following:

1) Is there a clearly defined protagonist or antagonist in "The Sound of a Voice"? Why or why not?

2) What substitutes for the protagonist and antagonist in the play?

3) What is the author's purpose in writing the plot without an obviously laid out hero and villain?

Essay Topic 2

The fear that the Man and the Woman have has great impact on the way the two characters respond to each other. Answer the following with supporting examples from the play:

1) Why does the Man fear the Woman? What qualities about the Woman intensify his fear?

2) Does the Woman fear the Man as much as the Man fears the Woman? Why?

3) What do both the Woman and the Man fear? Does this concern bring them closer together, farther apart, or both? How?

Essay Topic 3

The literary technique of foreshadowing is used heavily throughout "The Sound of a Voice." Use examples to support your response to the following:

1) What examples of foreshadowing does the author use that are fulfilled by the end of the play?

2) How does the use of foreshadowing create a feeling of impending tragedy in the play?

3) What is the Woman's warning to the Man in the final scene about his fate? What does this imply for the Man's future after the end of the play?

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