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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the mother reminisce about by noting that he is now the same age as the bride would be on her wedding day?
(a) Her son.
(b) Herself.
(c) Her dead son.
(d) Her grandchild.

2. What does the bride's father claim wouldn't grow on his land at one time, but now does?
(a) Trees.
(b) Lillies.
(c) Alfalfa.
(d) Anise.

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

4. What does Leonardo do when the bride and groom arrive at the home after the wedding?
(a) Shakes the groom's hand.
(b) Yells at his wife.
(c) He leaves the room.
(d) Kisses the bride.

5. What color clothes does the beggar woman wear?
(a) Dark green.
(b) Black.
(c) Dark brown.
(d) Grey.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is described as "fresh as a dahlia"?

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

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

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

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