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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the servant bring on the platters to serve to the mother, son and father?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Wine and tarts.
(c) Glasses and sweets.
(d) Fruit.

3. Whom does the mother question her neighbor about in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Her son's bride.
(b) Her family.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her son.

4. What does the neighbor tell the mother to keep her mouth shut about?
(a) The boy whose arms were cut off.
(b) Her family that has died.
(c) Her son.
(d) That her son's fiancée once dated a member of the Felix family.

5. Who says, "I'm happy. When I say 'yes', I say it because I mean it"?
(a) The bride.
(b) The son.
(c) The mother.
(d) Leonardo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Act 1, Scene 2 take place?

2. How old is Leonardo when the mother's husband and son are killed?

3. What does the mother start to do to her son but stops short in Act 1, Scene 1?

4. What positive attributes does the bride's father not mention about her?

5. When describing a man coming home dead, what item does the mother mention is placed across his breast?

(see the answer key)

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