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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the cover in the lullaby made of?
(a) Silk.
(b) Linen.
(c) Cotton.
(d) Satin.

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

3. What animal does the father suggest the son use to bring his vineyard to his land?
(a) Horses.
(b) Oxen.
(c) Deer.
(d) Mules.

4. Who says, "He's down there stretched out, with his eyeballs bulging..."?
(a) The mother.
(b) Leonardo's wife.
(c) The bride.
(d) The mother-in-law.

5. What is the mother describing in the following text: "They let them eat there, and smoke, and make music if they want to!"?
(a) The vineyards.
(b) Prison.
(c) Her home.
(d) The city.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the son going when he asks his mother for a knife?

2. What does the mother tell her son she wishes he was in Act 1, Scene 1?

3. What type of drink does Leonardo's wife offer him?

4. Who is the mother talking about when she says, "He'd have found water. In our three years he planted ten cherry trees"?

5. What does the baby do after the lullaby is finished?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the bride's father say about the mother's land when they first meet?

2. What item do the servant girls bother the bride about after the wedding and how does she react towards them?

3. What does the mother-in-law talk to her daughter about when they arrive at the house after the deaths of Leonardo and the son?

4. What reasons does Leonardo give his wife for being rude to the girl who tells them about the son buying gifts for the bride?

5. Why does the bride come out of her room and confront Leonardo just before her wedding?

6. Why does the mother become so angry when her son asks for a knife to cut some grapes?

7. What does the bride say towards the servant girls when talking about getting married just after her wedding?

8. What do the woodcutters argue with the moon about when they first meet?

9. How does the mother act towards the bride when she first enters the house after the mens' deaths?

10. What reason does the bride give her servant for not wanting to get married?

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