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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Woman bring the Man in Scene 2?
(a) Food.
(b) Water.
(c) New clothes.
(d) A new sword.

2. What does the Man get out to look at in Scene 4?
(a) His journal.
(b) A map.
(c) His sword.
(d) The flower.

3. What does the Man notice the Woman is staring at in Scene 3?
(a) The sun.
(b) His muscles.
(c) His eyes.
(d) His belly.

4. What does the Woman say frightens her?
(a) Thunder.
(b) Noise.
(c) Silence.
(d) Rain.

5. Who are the two main characters?
(a) A brother and a sister.
(b) A husband and a wife.
(c) Two brothers.
(d) A man and a woman.

6. What does the Woman say she creates?
(a) A world beyond that which the Man can know.
(b) The life and breath of man.
(c) A world that is more beautiful than before.
(d) Magical potions.

7. What does the Woman touch at the end of Scene 3?
(a) Her aching back.
(b) The Man's belly.
(c) The Man's leg.
(d) The Man's cheek.

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

9. What is/are the only prop/props seen onstage at the start of the play?
(a) A wheelbarrow.
(b) Table and chairs.
(c) A vase of flowers.
(d) A stained glass window.

10. How does Scene 1 conclude?
(a) The Man sits on a mat, sword by his side.
(b) The Woman sings to the Man.
(c) The Man falls asleep peacefully.
(d) The Woman is cries in her room.

11. What does the Man say about the flowers in the vase?
(a) They are beautiful.
(b) They do not grow nearby.
(c) They are ugly.
(d) They are poisonous.

12. What does the Woman bring inside the room in Scene 2?
(a) The vase of flowers.
(b) A silk kimono.
(c) Her own sword.
(d) Her pet bird.

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

14. What does the Man make a joke about in Scene 3?
(a) The size of his belly.
(b) The neighbors.
(c) His sword-fighting abilities.
(d) The Woman's cooking.

15. What does the Woman thank the Man for doing in the third scene?
(a) Helping her cook.
(b) Giving her money.
(c) Keeping her company.
(d) Chopping so much wood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Woman say happens when she takes care of her flowers?

2. Who is the author of "The Sound of a Voice"?

3. The Man reveals he is from where?

4. What does the Woman convince the Man to do at the conclusion of the second scene?

5. What does the Man hear in Scene 4 that wakes him up?

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