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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the first scene, after the Woman clears the dishes, what does she take with her out of the room?
(a) Her silk kimono.
(b) The vase of flowers.
(c) The Man's sword.
(d) The Man's sleeping mat.

2. What does the Man ask the Woman when she tells him her fears?
(a) How are her children?
(b) How does she make a living?
(c) How can she sleep in a quiet place?
(d) How is her husband?

3. What is the Man disturbed by in Scene 1?
(a) The sound of a flute.
(b) The cry of a bird.
(c) The Woman's coughing.
(d) The Woman's singing.

4. In Scene 1, the Woman reveals that she does not have many what?
(a) Siblings.
(b) Visitors.
(c) Friends.
(d) Lovers.

5. What names does the Woman jokingly call the Man?
(a) Man Who Fears Love and Man Who Fears Himself.
(b) Man Who Loves Life and Man Who Drinks.
(c) Man Who Fears Silence and Man Who Fears Women.
(d) Man Who Is Unafraid and Man Who Is Brave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the two main characters?

2. What does the Man do when he hears the noise that disturbs him?

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

4. The Man says he is accustomed to what?

5. What does the Woman say frightens her?

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