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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who describes marriage as "a shining white bed. And a woman. And a man."?
(a) The bride.
(b) The son.
(c) The bride's father.
(d) The servant.

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

3. What does the groom/son ask for when he finds out that the bride has run off with Leonardo?
(a) A knife.
(b) A gun.
(c) A drink.
(d) A horse.

4. Finish the sentence: "My mother came from rich country, full of ____".
(a) Trees.
(b) Woods.
(c) Bushes.
(d) Flowers.

5. What two weapons do the woodcutters say the people searching for Leonardo and the bride have?
(a) Knives and stakes.
(b) Guns and mallets.
(c) Ropes and fire.
(d) Guns and knives.

6. Who informs the crowd that the bride and Leonardo have run off together?
(a) The servant.
(b) The mother.
(c) The bride's father.
(d) Leonardo's wife.

7. How does the chant begin that the servants announce as the bride is waking up?
(a) Get up it's your wedding day.
(b) Wake up, wake up.
(c) Let the bride awake on the morning of her wedding.
(d) Awake for your wedding is today.

8. Who says "Shine the waistcoat, undo the buttons"?
(a) A woodcutter.
(b) The moon.
(c) The beggar woman.
(d) The son/groom.

9. Where does the bride ask that the servant comb her hair?
(a) Outside on the terrace.
(b) In her bathroom.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In her bedroom.

10. Who says, "Round swan on the river, Cathedral's eye...I am all these things"?
(a) Death.
(b) A woodcutter.
(c) The son/groom.
(d) The moon.

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

12. Who arrives back at the bride's house first after the wedding?
(a) The mother.
(b) Leonardo and his wife.
(c) The bride.
(d) Leonardo.

13. What is the first thing the groom says to the bride on their wedding day?
(a) You look beautiful.
(b) I love you.
(c) How are you.
(d) What made you choose those shoes for today?

14. What do the girls bother the bride about during the wedding party?
(a) They want her flowers.
(b) They want to know who she gave her pin to first.
(c) They want her garter.
(d) They want her to open her presents.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the bride describe as "a hard step, a painful step"?

2. What is the moon portrayed as?

3. Finish the sentence: "as if I'd drunk a bottle of anise and fallen asleep on a great heap of ____".

4. Who first discovers that the bride may be missing from her room?

5. What type of dance are the bride and groom supposed to dance first and lead?

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