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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. What does the mother describe as "a man, children, and for everybody else a wall two feet thick"?
2. How does the lullaby sung by Leonardo's wife and mother-in-law begin?
3. Who is described as "clean as a sheet in the sun"?
4. What flower does the lullaby use that is directed at the child?
5. What color is the room where the mother and son argue in Scene 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the woodcutters argue with the moon about when they first meet?
2. What does the bride tell the groom when she leaves the party after the wedding?
3. How does Leonardo's wife respond to him after he says he almost never uses his horse?
4. What does the beggar woman offer to the groom when he first meets her in the woods?
5. What case does the bride want to make to the mother after the two men have died?
6. How does the servant describe to the bride's father how Leonardo and his wife arrived from the church after the wedding?
7. What does Leonardo tell the bride they're pretending by claiming to forget about their love and move on to other people? What has this really caused to happen?
8. What does the mother say about the bride after she has discovered she ran off with Leonardo?
9. What does the bride's father say about grandchildren?
10. How does Leonardo react when his wife asks why he is leaving the house again at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the play, both the bride and Leonardo show similar reactions to the bride and son's impending wedding. What is this reaction? What is the author's intent of portraying such similar reactions between these two characters?
Essay Topic 2
In the play, both the mother and the bride discuss their desires for very similar things. Compare and contrast the mother and the bride. What common bond do these seemingly different characters have with each other? Do these characters realize their similar desires?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the symbolism of flowers in the play. What is the author's purpose for using them? In what ways do flowers personify the characters of the play?
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