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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What name does the Woman say the Man can call her?
(a) Minako.
(b) Sakura.
(c) Hanako.
(d) Ami.

3. The Woman says she is glad to hear what?
(a) The birds' singing.
(b) The rush of the river.
(c) The sound of a voice.
(d) Horses galloping.

4. The Man reveals he is from where?
(a) The south.
(b) The north.
(c) Across the sea.
(d) The city.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the Man dressed in Scene 3?

2. What is the Man doing in the beginning of Scene 3?

3. How does Scene 1 conclude?

4. Why does the Man say he can do so much work?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Woman threaten to do to the Man if he does not listen to her while he is meditating, and what is the Man's response to the threat?

2. What chore does the Man help the Woman with that he becomes excited about, and how does he react when he completes his task?

3. What does the Woman say about her name?

4. What does the Woman warn the Man about, and what does this mean?

5. What is the symbolism of the flute at the end of the play?

6. Why is the Woman afraid that the Man does not like her anymore in the seventh scene?

7. What is the final image of the Woman in the play, and how does this visually illustrate her name?

8. What is the Man doing at the beginning of the second scene, and what is the Woman's reaction?

9. What does the Man explain to the Woman about what his friend told him about meditating?

10. What does the Woman say about her flowers in Scene 2?

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