Blood Wedding Quizzes

Blood Wedding Quiz 1

By Abigail Lind · Edited by Bella Wang · Last reviewed August 19, 2011

1 What happened to the men who murdered the Bridegroom's father and brother?

They are in prison

They were executed

They escaped to another city

The Bridegroom killed them
2 Why does Mother wish the Bridegroom were a girl?

He would stay home instead of roaming the dangerous countryside.

She thinks a girl would have a nicer, less rambunctious personality.

She needs someone to help with her sewing.

If he were a girl, she could choose his spouse.
3 What does the Bridegroom tell Mother he'll eat in the vineyard?

The sandwich she made him

Grapes

Apples

Olives
4 Why doesn't Mother want to live with the Bride and Bridegroom after they get married?

She is afraid that the townspeople will bury a Felix next to her husband in the cemetery if she leaves town.

She believes the Bride will get pregnant faster if she doesn't have to share a house with her mother-in-law.

She isn't strong enough to move.

She doesn't want to impose on them.
5 How long has the Bridegroom known the Bride at the start of the play?

Three years

Two years

One year

Six weeks
6 Which family heirloom does Mother decide to give the Bride?

Her brass earrings

Her husband's old wardrobe

The second-best bed

Her wedding ring
7 How many grandchildren does Mother want?

Six

Two

Four

Ten
8 How does the town boy, Rafael, lose his arms?

A car accident

An industrial accident

The Felix boys cut them off after Rafael insulted them

The police cut them off as punishment for stealing
9 What is the Bride's relationship to the Felix family?

She used to work as a maid for them.

Young Leonardo Felix was in love with her as a boy.

She is a distant cousin.

She was engaged to Rafael Felix before he died.
10 Which gender does Mother prefer for her grandchildren, and why?

Girls, so they will not be drafted.

Boys, so they can protect the Bride and the Bridegroom in their old age.

Boys, so the Bridegroom will have help working the vineyard.

Girls, so she can teach them to sew.
11 Where does the Bride live?

The outskirts of town

In the servants' quarters of the Felix mansion

In a large farmhouse

In the town's richest neighborhood
12 Who reveals to Mother the Bride's ties to the Felix family?

The Bridegroom

The Bride

The Neighbour

Leonardo
13 Why does Mother give her son money before his wedding?

So he can buy new suits

So he can pay his gambling debts

Because the Bride is too poor to offer a dowry and they need to buy a house

So he can host a lavish wedding party
14 Why did the Bride's mother have a bad reputation when she was alive?

She had multiple affairs.

She went senile at a young age and had embarrassing outbursts in public.

She was running a Ponzi scheme.

She was proud and didn't love her husband.
15 Who saw Leonardo riding on the outskirts of town in Act I?

The Bride

His Mother-in-Law

The woman who picks capers

His Wife
16 Why doesn't Leonardo's Wife believe him when says he wasn't riding outside town?

She saw him riding on the highway

He brought the horse back in a lather

He got home late that night

She suspects he is having an affair with the Bride
17 What does the Girl reveal to Leonardo's Mother-in-Law?

The Bridegroom has proposed to her niece.

Leonardo was seen riding on the outskirts of town, near the Bride's farm.

Her daughter is having an affair with the Bridegroom.

The Bridegroom has bought expensive clothes for himself and his fiancée.
18 Which of these is not embroidered on the Bride's expensive wedding stockings?

A boat

Grapes

A rose

A swallow
19 Why does Leonardo's Wife get angry at him in Act I, Scene 2?

He spills his lemon drink

He was rude to the Girl

He has been sneaking around town and won't tell her why

She finds out he's still in love with the Bride
20 Leonardo's Wife and Mother-in-Law sing a sinister lullaby to the baby. What is it about?

A wedding at which the bride dies on her way to the altar

A locust plague that destroys the crops

A pair of star-crossed lovers who commit suicide

A horse who refuses to drink
21 Who accompanies the Bridegroom when he goes shopping for wedding clothes?

Leonardo's Wife

The Best Man

His Mother

The Bride
22 How long was Leonardo in love with the Bride before he married her cousin?

Six months

Five years

Two years

Three years
23 What does Leonardo's Wife want to buy for the baby?

A rattle

A nightgown

A cap

A new crib
24 Why do the Mother-in-Law and the Wife need to sing the lullaby again at the end of Act I, Scene 2?

The baby is feverish and can't fall asleep.

They don't need to--they just enjoy singing.

Leonardo woke the baby up by yelling at his Wife.

The baby cries frequently because its crib is broken.
25 How long does it take to get to the Bride's farm from the Bridegroom's house?

Four hours

Two hours

Forty minutes

An hour and a half

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