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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 positive attributes does the bride's father not mention about her?
(a) Embroiders.
(b) Gentle.
(c) Bakes bread.
(d) Talks a lot.

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

3. Who says, "I've always done a man's work"?
(a) Leonardo.
(b) The bride's father.
(c) The bride.
(d) The son.

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

5. When describing a man coming home dead, what item does the mother mention is placed across his breast?
(a) A branch of palm.
(b) A rose.
(c) A candle.
(d) A cross.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the cover in the lullaby made of?

2. What does Leonardo cause the girl to do after she tells him about the gifts the son and mother have purchased?

3. What color are the "long rooms" in the lullaby?

4. What does the bride's father claim wouldn't grow on his land at one time, but now does?

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

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