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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the mother talking about when she says "my mouth fills with mud"?
(a) Her son's fiancee.
(b) Her son.
(c) The neighbor.
(d) The Felix family.

2. What phrase is repeated several times by the moon in its first speech?
(a) Listen to me.
(b) I will shine.
(c) Come to me.
(d) Let me in.

3. What color are the "long rooms" in the lullaby?
(a) Black.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

4. What does the mother's neighbor say is responsible for cutting off a young neighborhood boy's arms?
(a) A knife.
(b) A tractor.
(c) A machine.
(d) A car.

5. What does the neighbor say the children are worn out from at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Planting vegetables.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Taking water out to the harvesters.
(d) Playing all day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument plays when the bride finally appears to everyone in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. Who describes marriage as "endless bitterness"?

3. What does the bride compare the son to at the end of the play?

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

5. What does the mother-in-law tell her daughter to make a cross of on Leonardo's pillow?

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