Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

Act I

Reading Check

1. What is the only stage direction given for the play’s opening scene?

2. What wish does the Bridegroom’s mother make to her son?

3. Why doesn’t the Bridegroom’s mother want to move away from her home?

4. What unfortunate event happened to Rafael?

5. Which agreement do the Bridegroom’s mother and the Bride’s father come to?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. Describe how the Bridegroom’s mother reacts to her new in-laws. Which person is she most interested in learning about?

2. What news does the Bridegroom’s mother learn about her son’s bride-to-be’s past? How does she react?

3. Summarize the plot of the lullaby that Leonardo’s wife and mother-in-law sing to the baby.

4. Describe the conversation between the Bride and the Maid. What does the Maid reveal to her employer?

Paired Resources

“Federico García Lorca”

• LGBT History Month explores Lorca’s relationship with the LGBTQ community
• His personal history relates to the themes of The Incompatibility of Desire and the Social Order and Women as Casualties.
• Based on the text and the above resource, how did Lorca’s work extend beyond the heteronormative social order of early 20th-century Spanish society?