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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Ponza's apartment where he lives?
(a) The castle.
(b) The center of town.
(c) The edge of town.
(d) The next town away.

2. In whose house does Act 1, Scenes 1 and 2 take place?
(a) Nenni.
(b) Agazzi.
(c) Ponza.
(d) Laudisi.

3. What do they let up and down on ropes at the Ponza's house?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Baskets.
(c) Bayonets.
(d) Crates.

4. Who says, "We come here as to the fountain, two poor women athirst for news?"
(a) Signora Sirelli.
(b) Signora Lubini.
(c) Signora Dubelli.
(d) Signora Ponza.

5. Why does Amelia think that Ponza put his mother-in-law up in town?
(a) To keep her away from his wife.
(b) To have an affair with her.
(c) To flatter her.
(d) To bother them.

6. Who arrives at the door after Ponza leaves in Act 1, Scene 6?
(a) Signora Misola.
(b) Amalia.
(c) Signora Ponza.
(d) Signora Frola.

7. Who arrives unexpectedly in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Signora Zici.
(b) Signora Mancini.
(c) Signora Frola.
(d) Signora Ponza.

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

9. What happens when the mother-in-law pulls the rope?
(a) Ponza appears.
(b) The Butler leads her inside.
(c) Sirelli appears.
(d) Bells ring.

10. Who appears at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Signor Capello.
(b) Signor Pafunda.
(c) Dr. Mancini.
(d) The Butler.

11. What does Signora Frola say that she and her friends arranged?
(a) Her daughter's humiliation.
(b) Her daughter's divorce.
(c) Her daughter's death.
(d) The pretense of a second wedding.

12. When does Ponza say he married the second time?
(a) Two years ago.
(b) One year ago.
(c) Four years ago.
(d) Ten years ago.

13. Who lives in the same apartment building as Agazzi?
(a) Signora Cini.
(b) Signora Frola.
(c) Laudisi.
(d) Ponza.

14. Who did not receive Amalia and Dina when they paid a visit?
(a) Signora Agazzi.
(b) Signora Frola.
(c) Signora Ponza.
(d) Signora Cini.

15. What does Ponza say of his mother-in-law in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) She is evil.
(b) She is hateful.
(c) She is mad.
(d) She is lovely.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does Signora Frola say her daughter has been married to Ponza?

2. What is notable about the courtyard at the building where Ponza lives?

3. Who says, "Oho, you can be sure he's at the bottom of the whole thing. Maybe he has his mother-in-law under lock and key too?"

4. Who insists everyone be seated before the guests arrive?

5. How does Signora Frola communicate with her daughter?

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