1. What does Signora Sirelli refer to Amalia as in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) The wife of the governor.
(b) The wife of a superior.
(c) The wife of a sailor.
(d) The wife of a hero.

2. Whose name does Laudisi forget several times in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Signora Agazzi.
(b) Signora Cini.
(c) Signora Ponza.
(d) Agazzi.

3. Who arrives in Act 1, Scene 5 after Signora Frola exits?
(a) Laudisi.
(b) Signora Ponza.
(c) Agazzi.
(d) Ponza.

4. Who says, "You don't mean to say you understand it if a mother--unable to bear being away from the daughter--follows her and then is compelled to live apart from her in a city where after all she's a stranger too?"
(a) Laudisi.
(b) Amalia.
(c) Agazzi.
(d) Dina.

5. Which character is NOT present in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Amalia.
(b) Laudisi.
(c) Ponza.
(d) Dina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "Don't tell them what you see in me, because all four will tell you you are wrong, whereas you are not wrong in the least: I really am as you see me?"

2. What happens when the mother-in-law pulls the rope?

3. What is Agazzi's position?

4. Who has seen Ponza's wife in the village in Act 1, Scene 2?

5. Which character asks Signora Frola if she climbs all the stairs twice a day in Act 1 Scene 4?

(see the answer key)

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