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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Leonardo date his wife's cousin?

2. What is the cover in the lullaby made of?

3. When does the mother say her son and the bride's father can join their land?

4. When describing a man coming home dead, what item does the mother mention is placed across his breast?

5. What color is the room where the mother and son argue in Scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the mother not kiss her son goodbye before he leaves in Act 1, Scene 1?

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

4. Who does Leonardo's wife tell Leonardo that she fears she will end up like and in what way does she feel this similarity?

5. Why does the mother refuse to leave her home to live with her son?

6. How does Leonardo's wife react when she hears her cousin is to be married?

7. What do the woodcutters ask of death when they meet her in the woods in Act 3, Scene 1?

8. How does Leonardo's wife respond to him after he says he almost never uses his horse?

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

10. How does the servant describe to the bride's father how Leonardo and his wife arrived from the church after the wedding?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the mother and son's view of forgiveness. How does each character handle their issues from the past? What role does forgiveness play when dealing with these issues?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the play's portrayal of mourning. How do the characters in the play mourn similarly and differently? What does mourning bring to these characters?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the male characters' views of marriage in the play. Compare and contrast these views and analyze the importance of the differences shown between the male characters.

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