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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scenes 5, 6, and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Woman say she has taught herself to do?
(a) Make the flute sound like a human voice.
(b) Learn how to cook.
(c) Make memories live forever.
(d) Keep herself safe.

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

3. What reason does the Woman give for teaching herself?
(a) So she will be protected from the wild.
(b) So she can chase away the silence.
(c) So she will never forget.
(d) So she will never go hungry.

4. What does the Woman urge the Man to do at the end of the fifth scene?
(a) Speak again.
(b) Leave.
(c) Sing.
(d) Stay with her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first scene, after the Woman clears the dishes, what does she take with her out of the room?

2. What does the Woman tell the Man that he should learn to love?

3. What does the Man get out of his pocket at the end of the sixth scene?

4. What does the Man kill with his sword?

5. What is different about the flower in the sixth scene?

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