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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the Man pick up at the end of the final scene?
2. What is the appearance of the Woman at the end of the play?
3. What does the Man confess to the Woman in Scene 9?
4. What does the Man tell the Woman to do about her music in Scene 5?
5. What does the Man discover happened to him after he stops meditating?
Essay Topic 1
The play can be interpreted to be a story of the relationship in general between men and a women. Write a response to the following, and support your answer with examples from the play:
1) What traits from the play support the theory that this story is an allegory about the relationship between men and women?
2) How is the Woman represented to reflect what men feel about women? How is the Man represented to reflect what women feel about men?
3) What message is the author is trying to portray about the difficulties in establishing a relationship? What is the author saying about how the differences between men and women should be treated to have a successful relationship?
Essay Topic 2
David Henry Hwang, the author of "The Sound of a Voice," is an Asian American whose heritage directly influences his work. Using examples from the play, answer the following with an essay:
1) How does the author's heritage influence the setting of the play?
2) How does the author's heritage influence the way the play is presented and the overall aesthetic?
3) What does the author reveal about his belief in the importance of cultural tradition through his writing?
Essay Topic 3
When the characters of the Man and the Woman first meet, there is an obvious lack of trust. They do not even reveal their true names to each other. Use examples to support your response to the following:
1) What events throughout the play illustrate a lack of trust between the two main characters? What events from their pasts might have caused this distrust?
2) Is there a shift at anytime throughout out the play where the characters learn to trust each other, even just a little bit? What happens to make this trust fade?
3) Does the author represent the mistrust of another human as something normal? Why or why not?
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