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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leonardo's wife ask that he buy for their baby?
(a) Food.
(b) A cradle.
(c) A cap with ribbons.
(d) A dress.

2. What question does Leonardo's wife ask him that makes him angry?
(a) Where have you been?
(b) Why is the horse so tired?
(c) Why are you late?
(d) Do you know my cousin's getting engaged?

3. What does the servant bring on the platters to serve to the mother, son and father?
(a) Glasses and sweets.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Wine and tarts.

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

5. Who sees the horse "in a lather"?
(a) The bride.
(b) The mother-in-law.
(c) The girl.
(d) Leonardo's wife.

6. What reason does the mother give for a dish of salt being included in a coffin?
(a) To prevent the body from swelling in the heat.
(b) To symbolize heaven.
(c) As a sign of faith.
(d) To prevent smell.

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

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

9. What area does the mother tell her son to tend to because he has neglected it?
(a) The garden.
(b) The vineyard.
(c) The graveyard.
(d) The land around the mill.

10. What does the mother tell her son she wishes he was in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) A mother.
(b) A child.
(c) A woman.
(d) A father.

11. How old is Leonardo when the mother's husband and son are killed?
(a) 8.
(b) 13.
(c) 10.
(d) 12.

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

13. What does the mother start to do to her son but stops short in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Hug him.
(c) Slap him.
(d) Kiss him.

14. Who says, "I've always done a man's work"?
(a) The son.
(b) The bride's father.
(c) Leonardo.
(d) The bride.

15. What flower does the mother say her husband smells like?
(a) Violet.
(b) Rose.
(c) Carnation.
(d) Daisy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old does the neighbor say the son's fiancée is when she dates her last suitor?

3. Who is described as "Beautiful, A glow in her face..."?

4. What does the bride do to the servant when she picks up one of the gifts?

5. Why does the neighbor tell the mother that she dislikes the bride's mother?

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