View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is at the bride's window on horseback the night before the son and mother's visit?
(a) The son.
(b) The servant.
(c) Leonardo.
(d) The mother.

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

3. Where is the son going when he asks his mother for a knife?
(a) To the city.
(b) To a neighbor's home.
(c) To his home.
(d) The vineyards.

4. How long does Leonardo tell his wife he has been replacing his horse's shoes?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 2 months.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 2 weeks.

5. What does the mother describe as "a man, children, and for everybody else a wall two feet thick"?
(a) Privacy.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Man's view of life.
(d) Her life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "She might be right. That girl has depths"?

2. What does the mother claim the son "never touches"?

3. Who said, "You have to punish it, torture it, to get anything!"?

4. What flower does the mother say her husband smells like?

5. Who is the author of the play?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the mother act towards the bride when she first enters the house after the mens' deaths?

3. What does the mother tell her son she thinks of his getting married?

4. What excuse does Leonardo give his mother-in-law for being out so long on his horse in Act 1, Scene 2?

5. What do Leonardo and his wife argue about before leaving for the church?

6. After the wife shows surprise at hearing that Leonardo has been taking his horse across the plain, how does Leonardo react towards her?

7. How does Leonardo treat his wife after his mother-in-law mentions he once dated her cousin?

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

9. What reason does the bride give her servant for not wanting to get married?

10. How does the bride react after the servant tells her that a man on a horse was at her window?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 709 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample