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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many woodcutters appear in the forest?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

2. In Act 3, Scene 1, what do the bride and Leonardo say fills their tongues?
(a) Needles and thorns.
(b) Love.
(c) Lies and hate.
(d) Splinters and glass.

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

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

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

6. What does the servant tell the groom/son she has prepared for him and the bride for midnight?
(a) A cake.
(b) Ham and old wine.
(c) Bread and water.
(d) Nightgowns.

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

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

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

10. Who does the beggar woman say would be beautiful if he was asleep?
(a) The moon.
(b) The bride.
(c) Leonardo.
(d) The son/groom.

11. Who says, "You know me, you know I say what I think"?
(a) Leonardo.
(b) The son.
(c) The bride.
(d) The mother.

12. What type of dance are the bride and groom supposed to dance first and lead?
(a) The marriage dance.
(b) The love dance.
(c) The round dance.
(d) The square dance.

13. How does Leonardo travel to the wedding?
(a) On horseback.
(b) In a cart.
(c) In a boat.
(d) He walked.

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

15. What color branch do the woodcutters ask death to give to the couple?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the servant ask Leonardo about that he forgets and then remembers 'as in a dream'?

2. What does the mother and bride's father refer to as "the one hope left"?

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

4. What does the bride get angry at the groom/son for doing?

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

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