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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What country is the play's setting?
(a) China.
(b) United States.
(c) Japan.
(d) Vietnam.

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

3. The Man says he is accustomed to what?
(a) Being hungry.
(b) A lot of sound.
(c) Being waited on.
(d) Lots of women.

4. The Woman says she will sleep well because of what reason?
(a) She will hear the wind.
(b) She will not be cold.
(c) She will take medicine for sleeping.
(d) She will hear the Man's breathing at night.

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

6. What name does the Woman say is too common?
(a) Man Who Fears Himself.
(b) Man Who Fears Silence.
(c) Man Who Fears Darkness.
(d) Man Who Fears Women.

7. 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 Man's sleeping mat.
(c) The Man's sword.
(d) The vase of flowers.

8. How is the Man dressed in Scene 3?
(a) He is dressed in rags.
(b) He is shirtless.
(c) He is wearing his sleeping clothes.
(d) He is wearing armor.

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

10. What reason does the Woman give for how she gets her flowers?
(a) She buys them at the market.
(b) Visitors bring them.
(c) She walks and picks them.
(d) They are left on her doorstep.

11. What does the Woman convince the Man to do at the conclusion of the second scene?
(a) Play a game.
(b) Stay with her.
(c) Giver her money.
(d) Leave.

12. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Woman say she creates?

3. Who are the two main characters?

4. What is the Man doing in the beginning of the second scene?

5. How does Scene 1 conclude?

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