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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the servant ask the bride to do after the son and mother have left?
(a) Go to bed.
(b) Open her gifts.
(c) Eat dinner.
(d) Go for a walk.

2. What animal does the father suggest the son use to bring his vineyard to his land?
(a) Oxen.
(b) Horses.
(c) Mules.
(d) Deer.

3. What reason does the neighbor give the mother when she leaves?
(a) Because the men will be in from the fields soon.
(b) Because the mother wants her to.
(c) Because she is tired.
(d) Because she needs to cook.

4. What area does the mother tell her son to tend to because he has neglected it?
(a) The vineyard.
(b) The graveyard.
(c) The garden.
(d) The land around the mill.

5. What reason does the mother give for a dish of salt being included in a coffin?
(a) As a sign of faith.
(b) To prevent smell.
(c) To symbolize heaven.
(d) To prevent the body from swelling in the heat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of drink does Leonardo's wife offer him?

2. How old will the bride be turning when she is married?

3. What does the mother tell her son to buy his fiancée?

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

5. What does the mother say to her son just before he leaves her house in Act 1, Scene 1?

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