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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is notable about the courtyard at the building where Ponza lives?
(a) It is dark.
(b) It is vast.
(c) It is filled with peaches.
(d) It is beautiful.

2. What did Ponza say about his mother-in-law, according to Amalia, in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) She was not well.
(b) She was out.
(c) She was not coming.
(d) She had left.

3. Who calls Ponza's behavior cruelty in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Signora Frola.
(b) Dina.
(c) Signora Ponza.
(d) Agazzi.

4. Who has arrived along with the Sirellis in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Signora Zini.
(b) Signora Ponza.
(c) Signora Frola.
(d) Signora Cini.

5. What did Amalia say to Ponza at the door in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Hello.
(b) That she came to see his mother-in-law.
(c) That she brought bread.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Signora Frola communicate with her daughter?

2. Who is Laudisi related to?

3. Who says, "We are talking now, if I understand the matter, of a mother who sees that her daughter neither can nor should stay tied to her as she was before--because now she has a life of her own?"

4. Where is the village the Ponzas are from?

5. Who says, "The truth, my dear, is that, with a husband who always claims to know everything, I never manage to know anything?"

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