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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 the author of the play?

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

3. Finish the line from the lullaby: "With a branch of dreams, and a dream of ____".

4. What item does the mother ask her son if he is wearing?

5. Who is described as a "tall, stern woman"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the bride and Leonardo agree to do at the end of Act 3, Scene 1?

2. What do the groom and the youth discuss in the forest in Act 3, Scene 1?

3. What does the bride's father say about grandchildren?

4. What does the bride tell the groom when she leaves the party after the wedding?

5. Why does the bride come out of her room and confront Leonardo just before her wedding?

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

7. What does the bride ask of the groom just before they are to be married?

8. What does the bride say towards the servant girls when talking about getting married just after her wedding?

9. What questions does Leonardo asks the bride while they are hiding in the woods, and what does this say about their escape?

10. What does the mother say about the bride after she has discovered she ran off with Leonardo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the symbolism of blood in the play. What does blood mean to the characters in terms of marriage and family? What about love?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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