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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 does the mother claim the son "never touches"?
(a) Liquor.
(b) Sweets.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Wine.

2. Who is described as a "tall, stern woman"?
(a) The mother-in-law.
(b) Leonardo's wife.
(c) The bride.
(d) The mother.

3. What does the mother say to her son just before he leaves her house in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) I love you.
(b) Peace be with you.
(c) See you soon.
(d) Go with God.

4. What item does the mother ask her son if he is wearing?
(a) His tie.
(b) His hat.
(c) His watch.
(d) His coat.

5. Who is the mother talking about when she says, "He'd have found water. In our three years he planted ten cherry trees"?
(a) Her son.
(b) Her dead husband.
(c) The bride's father.
(d) Her dead son.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the servant bring on the platters to serve to the mother, son and father?

3. What does the girl tell Leonardo's wife the son and his mother bought at the store?

4. Who tells Leonardo's wife that he has been riding his horse to the edge of the plain?

5. What animal is the lullaby about that is sung in Act 1, Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the wife shows surprise at hearing that Leonardo has been taking his horse across the plain, how does Leonardo react towards her?

2. What does the bride ask of the groom just before they are to be married?

3. What are some of the complaints the mother makes about the bride's land?

4. How does the mother react when she learns her son's bride once dated a member of the Felix family?

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

6. 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?

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

8. In Act 1, Scene 2 when the messenger girl comes to the house telling of the gifts the son has bought for his bride, how does the mother-in-law react?

9. After Leonardo gives his excuse for being out on his horse, what does his wife begin doing?

10. How does the bride's father react when the mother says her son can sell her land when she has died?

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