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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. Who is described as "Beautiful, A glow in her face..."?
(a) The bride.
(b) The neighbor.
(c) The bride's mother.
(d) The mother.

2. Who is described as "clean as a sheet in the sun"?
(a) The mother.
(b) The son.
(c) The bride.
(d) Leonardo.

3. Who tells Leonardo's wife that he has been riding his horse to the edge of the plain?
(a) The bride.
(b) The woman who gathers capers.
(c) The young girl.
(d) The blacksmith.

4. What does the mother's neighbor say is responsible for cutting off a young neighborhood boy's arms?
(a) A tractor.
(b) A car.
(c) A machine.
(d) A knife.

5. What does the baby do after the lullaby is finished?
(a) Laughs.
(b) Cries.
(c) Sleeps.
(d) Smiles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Leonardo ask for his drink to be prepared?

2. How does the lullaby sung by Leonardo's wife and mother-in-law begin?

3. Who is described as "fresh as a dahlia"?

4. What is the father talking about when he says, "Every sprig a coin of silver"?

5. When does the mother say her son and the bride's father can join their land?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the mother tell her son she thinks of his getting married?

2. Describe the encounter between the girls and the beggar woman when she first arrives at the house in Act 3, Scene 2.

3. How does Leonardo react when his wife asks why he is leaving the house again at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

4. How does the mother-in-law tell her daughter to mourn Leonardo?

5. What excuse does Leonardo give his mother-in-law for being out so long on his horse in Act 1, Scene 2?

6. What reasons do the mother and son give to the bride's father when he asks why they took the long way around to his home?

7. What does the bride's father say about the mother's land when they first meet?

8. What does Leonardo tell the bride they're pretending by claiming to forget about their love and move on to other people? What has this really caused to happen?

9. What reason does the bride give her servant for not wanting to get married?

10. What do the woodcutters ask of death when they meet her in the woods in Act 3, Scene 1?

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