Quick Revision
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
| Villa near Valencia | Maricela, among lemon and orange trees |
| Laura's full name and title | Laura Llorente, "The Silver Maiden" |
| Gonzalo's poet friends | Espronceda, Zorrilla, Becquer, Campoamor |
| What made peace | a pinch of snuff (three sneezes each) |
| The rival | a merchant her parents wanted her to marry |
| The duel | at sunrise on the beach; merchant badly wounded |
| Gonzalo's route | Valencia - Seville - Madrid |
| Gonzalo's lie / truth | died in Africa / ran off to Paris with a ballet dancer in three months |
| Laura's lie / truth | swept out to sea / married two years later |
| Final sign | Gonzalo picks up her fallen violets |
| Closing lines | "Can it be that this is he?" - "Heavens, is it she?" |
[Exam Tip] — Don't mix up the lies with the truths. Examiners often ask "what really happened" as well as "what they claimed".