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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the girl tell Leonardo's wife the son and his mother bought at the store?
(a) A hat.
(b) A dress.
(c) Roses.
(d) Embroidered stockings.

2. Who says, "I may bear it but I don't forgive it"?
(a) The servant.
(b) The bride.
(c) The mother.
(d) The son/groom.

3. What color is the room where the mother and son argue in Scene 1?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Yellow.

4. Who does the mother reminisce about by noting that he is now the same age as the bride would be on her wedding day?
(a) Her grandchild.
(b) Her dead son.
(c) Her son.
(d) Herself.

5. Who is at the bride's window on horseback the night before the son and mother's visit?
(a) Leonardo.
(b) The mother.
(c) The son.
(d) The servant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as "a very nice young woman"?

2. Finish the line from the lullaby: "With a branch of dreams, and a dream of ____".

3. What does the mother describe as "a man, children, and for everybody else a wall two feet thick"?

4. Why does the neighbor tell the mother that she dislikes the bride's mother?

5. Who is the mother talking about when she says "my mouth fills with mud"?

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