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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is described as "a wash of silver"?
(a) The moon.
(b) The bride.
(c) Death.
(d) The son/groom.

2. What does Leonardo do when the bride and groom arrive at the home after the wedding?
(a) Yells at his wife.
(b) He leaves the room.
(c) Kisses the bride.
(d) Shakes the groom's hand.

3. What two objects does one woodcutter compare the bride and Leonardo to?
(a) Two rivers, one heart.
(b) Two empty pitchers, two dry streams.
(c) A cross and barrel.
(d) A bird and flower.

4. Who puts a new bridle on the horse in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Leonardo.
(b) The servant.
(c) The bride's father.
(d) The bride.

5. Who does the bride try to get to stay with her and her new husband on their wedding night?
(a) Leonardo.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her servant.
(d) The mother.

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

7. Who does the groom/son run into in the woods after leaving the youth?
(a) A servant.
(b) The moon.
(c) The bride.
(d) The beggar woman.

8. Who is Leonardo talking about when he says, "when he's dead he's dead"?
(a) His horse.
(b) The bride's father.
(c) His son.
(d) The son/groom.

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

10. What instrument plays when the bride finally appears to everyone in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Harp.
(b) Mandolin.
(c) Guitar.
(d) Flute.

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

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

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

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

15. Who describes marriage as "endless bitterness"?
(a) The servant.
(b) The son.
(c) The mother.
(d) The bride.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the mother say she did with her dying son's blood?

3. What does the servant tell the groom/son she has prepared for him and the bride for midnight?

4. What is the moon portrayed as?

5. What two weapons do the woodcutters say the people searching for Leonardo and the bride have?

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