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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 Man do when he hears the noise that disturbs him?
2. What does the Woman say frightens her?
3. What does the Woman bring the Man in Scene 2?
4. Why does the Man say he can do so much work?
5. How does Scene 1 conclude?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the Man doing at the beginning of the third scene, and what is his appearance?
2. What does the Man say when the when the Woman inquires about his decision in Scene 2?
3. What is the Woman doing for the Man, and what does he say in the beginning of Scene 8?
4. What does the Man look at at night in the fourth scene, and what does this imply about his feelings?
5. What is the final image of the Woman in the play, and how does this visually illustrate her name?
6. What does the Man explain to the Woman about what his friend told him about meditating?
7. 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?
8. What does the Man say about the Woman's flowers in the second scene?
9. What is the Woman staring at that makes the Man joke about, and what is the Woman's response?
10. What is the Man doing at the beginning of the second scene, and what is the Woman's reaction?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
David Henry Hwang, the author of "The Sound of a Voice," is an Asian American whose heritage directly influences his work. Using examples from the play, answer the following with an essay:
1) How does the author's heritage influence the setting of the play?
2) How does the author's heritage influence the way the play is presented and the overall aesthetic?
3) What does the author reveal about his belief in the importance of cultural tradition through his writing?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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