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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. How does the lullaby sung by Leonardo's wife and mother-in-law begin?
(a) Be quiet sweet one.
(b) Sweet dreams little one.
(c) Sleep little baby.
(d) Hush, baby, hush.

2. What does the mother describe as "a man, children, and for everybody else a wall two feet thick"?
(a) Man's view of life.
(b) Privacy.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Her life.

3. Where does Act 1, Scene 3 take place?
(a) The bride's house.
(b) The son's house.
(c) Leonardo's house.
(d) The church.

4. What is the name of the boy whose arms are cut off?
(a) Rafael.
(b) Paul.
(c) Manuel.
(d) Luis.

5. When does the mother say her son and the bride's father can join their land?
(a) In twenty years.
(b) After they are married.
(c) In five years.
(d) When she is dead.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who says, "He's down there stretched out, with his eyeballs bulging..."?

4. Who is the author of the play?

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

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