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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 tell the Man that he should learn to love?

2. What reason does the Woman give for how she gets her flowers?

3. What does the Woman bring the Man in Scene 2?

4. How does Scene 1 conclude?

5. The Woman says she will sleep well because of what reason?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the Woman threaten to do to the Man if he does not listen to her while he is meditating, and what is the Man's response to the threat?

3. What does the Woman say about her name?

4. Why does the Man ask the Woman how she can sleep at night, and what is her response?

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

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

7. What is the Woman staring at that makes the Man joke about, and what is the Woman's response?

8. What does the Woman tell the Man she creates?

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 Man explain to the Woman about what his friend told him about meditating?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The play can be interpreted to be a story of the relationship in general between men and a women. Write a response to the following, and support your answer with examples from the play:

1) What traits from the play support the theory that this story is an allegory about the relationship between men and women?

2) How is the Woman represented to reflect what men feel about women? How is the Man represented to reflect what women feel about men?

3) What message is the author is trying to portray about the difficulties in establishing a relationship? What is the author saying about how the differences between men and women should be treated to have a successful relationship?

Essay Topic 2

"The Sound of a Voice" has a very simple presentation, from they play's appearance on stage to the way the dialogue is written. Support your essay with examples from the play and respond to the following:

1) How is the simplicity of the play reflected in the physical appearance of the set?

2) How is the dialogue of the play a reflection of simplicity?

3) How does the limit of two characters in the play add to the effect of a simple presentation and understanding of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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