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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. Who does the mother reminisce about by noting that he is now the same age as the bride would be on her wedding day?
(a) Her dead son.
(b) Herself.
(c) Her grandchild.
(d) Her son.

2. Which weapon does the mother not mention in her rant?
(a) Grenade.
(b) Pitchfork.
(c) Pistol.
(d) Knife.

3. Who is described as "a very nice young woman"?
(a) The bride.
(b) The fiancee's mother.
(c) The neighbor.
(d) The mother.

4. Finish the line from the lullaby: "And in its eye a dagger of ___".
(a) Gold.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Silver.
(d) Jewels.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the mother offer to give her son's fiancée?

2. Who says, "I've always done a man's work"?

3. What reason does the son give his mother to explain why there are no trees on his bride's land?

4. Who said, "You have to punish it, torture it, to get anything!"?

5. Where does Leonardo tell his wife he has been going on his horse in Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Leonardo react when his wife asks why he is leaving the house again at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

2. How does the bride react after the servant tells her that a man on a horse was at her window?

3. What do the son/groom and Leonardo's wife talk about after the wedding?

4. How does Leonardo treat his wife after his mother-in-law mentions he once dated her cousin?

5. During the conversation between the bride and Leonardo just before her wedding day, what does Leonardo blame the bride for?

6. What does the bride's father say about grandchildren?

7. Describe the encounter between the girls and the beggar woman when she first arrives at the house in Act 3, Scene 2.

8. How does the bride react when the son asks her about their wedding day during her first meeting with the mother?

9. Why does the mother ask her son if he's wearing a watch after they arrive at his bride's home?

10. What does the mother say about the day her other son died?

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