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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said, "You have to punish it, torture it, to get anything!"?
(a) The son.
(b) The bride.
(c) The bride's father.
(d) The mother.

2. What item does the mother ask her son if he is wearing?
(a) His tie.
(b) His hat.
(c) His watch.
(d) His coat.

3. What does the girl tell Leonardo's wife the son and his mother bought at the store?
(a) A dress.
(b) Embroidered stockings.
(c) A hat.
(d) Roses.

4. Who is the mother talking about when she says, "He'd have found water. In our three years he planted ten cherry trees"?
(a) Her dead husband.
(b) Her dead son.
(c) The bride's father.
(d) Her son.

5. How long does Leonardo date his wife's cousin?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 1 year.

6. What is the cot in the lullaby made of?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Wood.
(c) Gold.
(d) Iron.

7. What item does not appear on the gift that the son buys for his bride?
(a) Rose.
(b) Swallow.
(c) Boat.
(d) Cross.

8. 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) Marriage.
(c) Her life.
(d) Privacy.

9. What animal does the father suggest the son use to bring his vineyard to his land?
(a) Oxen.
(b) Horses.
(c) Deer.
(d) Mules.

10. Who tells Leonardo's wife that he has been riding his horse to the edge of the plain?
(a) The blacksmith.
(b) The bride.
(c) The woman who gathers capers.
(d) The young girl.

11. How old will the bride be turning when she is married?
(a) 18.
(b) 19.
(c) 22.
(d) 20.

12. Where does Leonardo tell his mother-in-law his horse has been after she comments that it looks very tired?
(a) The field.
(b) A friend's house.
(c) The weighing station.
(d) Town.

13. What flower does the lullaby use that is directed at the child?
(a) Violet.
(b) Tulip.
(c) Daisy.
(d) Rose.

14. What does the mother claim the son "never touches"?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Sweets.
(c) Liquor.
(d) Wine.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the lullaby sung by Leonardo's wife and mother-in-law begin?

2. What does the mother start to do to her son but stops short in Act 1, Scene 1?

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

4. Where does Act 1, Scene 3 take place?

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

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