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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does the mother give for a dish of salt being included in a coffin?
(a) As a sign of faith.
(b) To prevent smell.
(c) To prevent the body from swelling in the heat.
(d) To symbolize heaven.

2. What does the mother start to do to her son but stops short in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Kiss him.
(b) Slap him.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Hug him.

3. Finish the line from the lullaby: "With a branch of dreams, and a dream of ____".
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Water.
(c) Branches.
(d) Love.

4. What question does Leonardo's wife ask him that makes him angry?
(a) Where have you been?
(b) Do you know my cousin's getting engaged?
(c) Why are you late?
(d) Why is the horse so tired?

5. Who says, "He's down there stretched out, with his eyeballs bulging..."?
(a) The bride.
(b) Leonardo's wife.
(c) The mother-in-law.
(d) The mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the neighbor say the children are worn out from at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?

2. What does the mother offer to give her son's fiancée?

3. What does the mother tell her son to buy his fiancée?

4. Who is described as a "tall, stern woman"?

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

(see the answer key)

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