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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Finish the sentence: "as if I'd drunk a bottle of anise and fallen asleep on a great heap of ____".
(a) Lilies.
(b) Orchids.
(c) Daisies.
(d) Dogwoods.

2. How far of a ride is the church from the bride's house?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 4 hours.

3. What reason does the bride's father give for wanting grandchildren?
(a) To help work his land.
(b) To cook with him.
(c) To play with.
(d) To keep him company.

4. What does the bride beg Leonardo to do in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Kiss her.
(b) Never leave her.
(c) Leave her.
(d) Love her.

5. What is the bride's wedding crown made of?
(a) Daisies.
(b) Laurels.
(c) Orange blossoms.
(d) Lillies.

6. What reason does the bride have for leaving the wedding party the first time?
(a) To put on makeup.
(b) To take her pins out.
(c) To change her dress.
(d) To rest.

7. Complete the sentence: "When the ____ chooses a path it has to be followed".
(a) Water.
(b) Blood.
(c) Person.
(d) Wine.

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

9. What does the mother and bride's father refer to as "the one hope left"?
(a) Working.
(b) Death.
(c) Grandchildren.
(d) Marriage.

10. Finish the sentence: "When you go from your home to the church, remember you go like a ______ _________"?
(a) Shooting star.
(b) Gentle wind.
(c) Flowing river.
(d) Blooming flower.

11. What object do the woodcutters ask to hide Leonardo and the bride?
(a) The sun.
(b) The moon.
(c) The stars.
(d) Death.

12. According to the wedding chant by the girls and youths, what color ribbons does the groom tie on the bride's wreath?
(a) Black.
(b) Gold.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

13. What does the bride describe as "a hard step, a painful step"?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Death.
(c) Life.
(d) Love.

14. What does the mother say she did with her dying son's blood?
(a) Laid in it.
(b) Wiped it on her clothes.
(c) Kept it in a jar.
(d) Put her hands in it and licked them.

15. Who does the servant ask Leonardo about that he forgets and then remembers 'as in a dream'?
(a) The son/groom.
(b) His wife.
(c) His son.
(d) The bride.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "I may bear it but I don't forgive it"?

2. Who informs the crowd that the bride and Leonardo have run off together?

3. What common phrase do the bride and Leonardo repeat at the end of Act 3, Scene 1?

4. How does the chant begin that the servants announce as the bride is waking up?

5. Who does the mother describe as "too like the wind"?

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