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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Amalia say Ponza should be responsible for in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Courtesy.
(b) His sister.
(c) His mother-in-law.
(d) Reparation.

3. 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) Agazzi.
(b) Amalia.
(c) Laudisi.
(d) Dina.

4. How does Signora Frola communicate with her daughter?
(a) From the courtyard.
(b) Letters from afar.
(c) From the terrace.
(d) By telephone.

5. Who came to the door earlier that day when Amalia rang for Senora Frola?
(a) The Butler.
(b) The sister.
(c) Senora Frola.
(d) Ponza.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says to Signora Frola, "To tell you the truth, Signora, I did take it rather ill . . . ?"

2. What does Laudisi say to the others is useless in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. What does Signora Sirelli say of Ponza's face?

4. Who does Signora Frola say was taken to a sanitarium in Act 1, Scene 6?

5. 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?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dina liken the situation to in Act 1, Scene 1? How does Laudisi respond?

2. Where did Centuri see the Prefect in Act 2, Scene 2? What does Agazzi say?

3. What is Ponza's story of the situation in Act 1, Scene 5? What does Signora Frola believe in his story?

4. What do Amalia and Dina say regarding Ponza and his mother-in-law's relationship in Act 1, Scene 1?

5. What does Ponza ask of the Prefect as a condition that he present his wife? Why?

6. What does Laudisi suggest to Dina about the door in Act 2, Scene 6? Why?

7. What does the Prefect say to Ponza in Act 3, Scene 5?

8. What does Laudisi remark about Signora Frola's visit in Act 1, Scene 4? How do the others feel?

9. How does Signora Frola say she communicates with her daughter? How do they feel about this arrangement?

10. What are some of the sacrifices Ponza speaks of having endured because of the situation in Act 1, Scene 5?

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