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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. Who is the author of the play?
(a) Federico Garcia Lorca.
(b) Federico Munez.
(c) Garcia Lopez.
(d) Paul Luis Manuel.

2. Where is the son going when he asks his mother for a knife?
(a) The vineyards.
(b) To the city.
(c) To his home.
(d) To a neighbor's home.

3. Who is described as "Beautiful, A glow in her face..."?
(a) The neighbor.
(b) The bride's mother.
(c) The mother.
(d) The bride.

4. What does the mother say she wishes to do with her granddaughters?
(a) Embroider and make lace.
(b) Play in the garden.
(c) Do housework.
(d) Cook.

5. What reason does the son give his mother to explain why there are no trees on his bride's land?
(a) They don't want trees.
(b) They do not know how to plant trees.
(c) It's dry.
(d) There is no man to plant trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finish the line from the lullaby: "And in its eye a dagger of ___".

2. Who said, "You have to punish it, torture it, to get anything!"?

3. Whom does the mother question her neighbor about in Act 1, Scene 1?

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

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

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