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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scenes 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first character to speak in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) Annabella.
(b) Putana.
(c) Giovanni.
(d) Friar.

2. What is Florio's main concern regarding his daughter?
(a) That she never loses her flawless beauty.
(b) That she be treated like a lady all her life.
(c) That she, and the money she will obtain, will go to the right man.
(d) That she becomes educated.

3. Which of the following quotes is from the poem Soranzo reads in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) "Love's measure is the mean, sweet his annoys."
(b) "To work then, happy Muse, and contradict."
(c) "Venice, that queen of cities, he had left."
(d) "O how my thoughts are-"

4. Who resolves to visit Annabella in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) The Friar.
(b) Grimaldi.
(c) Florio.
(d) Soranzo.

5. Who are brother and sister?
(a) Donado and Annabella.
(b) Soranzo and Hippolita.
(c) Florio and Putana.
(d) Giovanni and Annabella.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hippolita try to convince Vasquez in Act 2, Scene 2?

2. "You are past all rules of sense." Who says this in Act 2, Scene 2?

3. Where is Richardetto from?

4. Who is Annabella referring to when she says "what blessed shape / Of some celestial creature now appears"?

5. What does Bergetto insult of Annabella's in the letter in Act 2, Scene 4?

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