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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. Who is described as "a very nice young woman"?
2. Who says, "She might be right. That girl has depths"?
3. What animal does the father suggest the son use to bring his vineyard to his land?
4. What does the mother describe as "a man, children, and for everybody else a wall two feet thick"?
5. What does the mother tell her son to buy his fiancée?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How does the bride react after the servant tells her that a man on a horse was at her window?
3. What questions does Leonardo asks the bride while they are hiding in the woods, and what does this say about their escape?
4. What are some of the positive things the father says about his daughter to the son and his mother when they first meet?
5. How does the mother act towards the bride when she first enters the house after the mens' deaths?
6. How does the mother react when the neighbor says the bride's mother did not love her husband?
7. What do the mother and the bride's father argue about before the wedding?
8. What do the moon and the beggar woman want to do together in terms of dealing with the lovers?
9. What do the bride and Leonardo agree to do at the end of Act 3, Scene 1?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the role of isolation in the play. Who are the most isolated characters? What causes their isolation? What is the author's purpose for portraying isolation in this way?
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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