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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Woman doing in Scene 6?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Dancing with the vase.
(c) Spying on the Man.
(d) Doing chores.

2. Why does the Woman say the Man would not like her music?
(a) She is uneducated.
(b) He is from the city.
(c) She plays badly.
(d) He is deaf.

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

4. What reason does the Man say he no longer can stay with the Woman?
(a) He has been defeated.
(b) He was never in love with her.
(c) He has to return home.
(d) He has a wife already.

5. What does the Woman understand the Man's confession to mean?
(a) He was playing a joke on her.
(b) He was lying and was a theif.
(c) He came to kill her.
(d) He truly loved her.

6. What does the Woman say she only intended to do for the Man?
(a) Marry him.
(b) Care for him.
(c) Heal his wounds.
(d) Make him tea.

7. In Scene 5, what does the Man tell the Woman he heard her doing at night?
(a) Playing the flute.
(b) Singing.
(c) Crying.
(d) Sleeping.

8. What does the Man say the Woman has transformed?
(a) His heart.
(b) His motivations for living.
(c) Herself and the world in his eyes.
(d) The world.

9. What does the Man intend to do in the beginning of the ninth scene?
(a) Leave the Woman.
(b) Kill himself.
(c) Steal the Woman's money.
(d) Kill the Woman.

10. What does the Woman ask the Man to do in the last scene, which he refuses?
(a) To kill her husband.
(b) To give her money.
(c) To stay with her.
(d) To give her his sword.

11. What does the Man do when he is excited about his accomplishment in Scene 5?
(a) He embraces the Woman.
(b) He writes a letter.
(c) He dances.
(d) He sings a song.

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

13. How does the Man react when the Woman stops his meditation?
(a) He smiles and laughs.
(b) He is startled and feels his chin.
(c) He goes back to meditating.
(d) He gets angry and hits her.

14. How does the Man describe the Woman's music?
(a) Hurtful.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Magical.
(d) Hypnotic.

15. What is the Man's response when the Woman offers to play the flute for him in Scene 7?
(a) He does not want to be soothed like a baby.
(b) He wants to hear a different song.
(c) He hates the sound and gets angry.
(d) He enjoys it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Man kill with his sword?

2. What condition is the Woman in at the end of the play?

3. Why is the Woman shocked to see the Man when she comes back in Scene 8?

4. What is the Man carrying at the beginning of Scene 9?

5. What does the Woman say she tried to do for both the Man and herself?

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