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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is different about the flower in the sixth scene?
2. What does the Man pick up at the end of the final scene?
3. What does the Man say he last heard about his friend's condition?
4. What does the Man put down at the end of the last scene?
5. What does the Man kill with his sword?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The death of the Woman greatly affects the character of the Man and serves as a climactic event in the play. Respond with supporting examples to the following:
1) In what ways has death been portrayed in "The Sound of a Voice"? What significance do these instances of death have?
2) How is the death of the Woman symbolized? In what ways does her death reflect her life?
3) Is the death of the Woman foreshadowed in the play? Does her death seem inevitable?
Essay Topic 2
The Man and the Woman start as strangers, but their relationship evolves into something much different. Respond to the following using examples from the play to support your answer:
1) How does the relationship of the Man and the Woman change from when they first meet to the middle of the play? How does the relationship change from the middle of the play to the end of the story?
2) What influences the change in the relationship between the characters? Do they both long for the same thing? Do they both fear the same thing?
3) How does the relationship between the Man and the Woman affect the Man after the Woman's death?
Essay Topic 3
The Woman's vase and flowers have great meaning and influence on the plot of the play. She is very protective of her flowers and vase, and they serve to be the only source of decoration in the set. With support from examples of the play, answer the following:
1) What do the flowers and the vase symbolize in the play?
2) Why does the Man take a flower from the vase in the first scene? What happens to the stolen flower, and what does that mean in the eyes of the Man?
3) Why does the Woman take such good care of her flowers? How do others, such as the villagers and the Man, perceive this dedication?
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