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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Leonardo date his wife's cousin?
(a) 6 months.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 3 years.

2. Who describes marriage as "endless bitterness"?
(a) The mother.
(b) The bride.
(c) The servant.
(d) The son.

3. What positive attributes does the bride's father not mention about her?
(a) Gentle.
(b) Bakes bread.
(c) Embroiders.
(d) Talks a lot.

4. Who does the servant ask Leonardo about that he forgets and then remembers 'as in a dream'?
(a) The bride.
(b) His wife.
(c) His son.
(d) The son/groom.

5. What reason does the son give his mother to explain why there are no trees on his bride's land?
(a) It's dry.
(b) They do not know how to plant trees.
(c) They don't want trees.
(d) There is no man to plant trees.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the girl call Leonardo's wife when she comes to her home in Act 1, Scene 2?

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

4. Finish the sentence: "as if I'd drunk a bottle of anise and fallen asleep on a great heap of ____".

5. Who says, "He's down there stretched out, with his eyeballs bulging..."?

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