Blood Wedding

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following words best describes the aside that the Bridegroom’s mother has regarding the use of weapons?

A) Honor

B) Disdain

C) Fear

D) Desire

2. How does the Bridegroom’s mother feel about the impending wedding?

A) Torn

B) Jubilant

C) Reticent

D) Delirious

3. Based on the conversation between the girl and Leonardo’s mother-in-law in Act I, Scene II, which of the following assumptions can be made?

A) The Bridegroom’s mother has called off the wedding.

B) The girl is going to be a flower girl at the wedding.

C) The Bridegroom’s family is wealthier than Leonardo’s family.

D) Leonardo is proud to be the best man at the wedding.

4. Which literary term does Lorca frequently use throughout the play?

A) Paradox

B) Irony

C) Allusion

D) Foreshadowing

5. Which of the following sentences best describes the meaning behind the lullaby sung in Act I, Scene II?

A) A commentary on the treatment of farm animals

B) A simile for Leonardo’s fear of his baby’s death

C) A metaphor for Leonardo’s enduring lust for the Bride

D) A foreshadowing of Leonardo’s horse’s death

6. Which motif connotes death in Lorca’s play?

A) Gold

B) Water

C) Silver

D) Flies

7. Which of the following statements is true about the characters’ assumptions regarding gender?

A) That gender is strongly correlated with social convention

B) That gender is fluid

C) That women must help in the field, and men must help in the home

D) That gender is only ordained by God and the Catholic Church

8. Which word best describes the conversations between the Bride and Leonardo?

A) Sullen

B) Dismayed

C) Gentle

D) Fiery

9. Which of the seven deadly sins does Leonardo reference as he cautions the Bride in her actions?

A) Lust

B) Pride

C) Gluttony

D) Wrath

10. Which of the following statements is true about the role of prothalamia in the play?

A) They provide a sense of conclusion.

B) They evoke a feeling of impending doom.

C) They resemble the traditional Italian and French funeral marches.

D) They are sung only by the men.

11. Which of the following sentences is true about the timing of Leonardo and the Bride’s escape?

A) It occurs after marriage binds the families.

B) It happens before Leonardo’s wife announces her divorce.

C) It occurs before the wedding ceremony.

D) It occurs at the stroke of midnight.

12. Which famous trio do the three Woodcutters allude to?

A) The three witches of Macbeth

B) The Holy Trinity

C) The three musketeers

D) The three fascist governments during World War II

13. What background do all the characters have?

A) Agrarian

B) Cosmopolitan

C) Protestant

D) Roma

14. Which of the following literary terms best describes the characters of the Moon and the Beggar Woman?

A) Similes

B) Allusions

C) Metaphors

D) Personifications

15. After learning the truth of her son’s death, the Bridegroom’s mother says, “My son should have been here. But now my son is an armful of withered flowers. Now my son is a dark voice behind the mountains.” Which literary term does the Bridegroom’s mother use in this quote?

A) Simile

B) Metaphor

C) Allusion

D) Personification

Long Answer

Compose a response of 2-3 sentences, incorporating text details to support your response.

1. What are prothalamia? Describe how they function throughout the play.

2. Consider the names of the characters. Which have names? Which do not? How does this confuse or help readers?