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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What destroyed the village Ponza comes from?
(a) A tornado.
(b) A fire.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A volcano.

2. Who says to Laudisi, "Run along with you. You just want everyone to be as mad as you?"
(a) Dina.
(b) Signora Frola.
(c) Amalia.
(d) Agazzi.

3. What is the literary technique called by which Laudisi speaks aloud in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Aside.
(b) Muttering.
(c) Soliloquy.
(d) Dialogue.

4. What does Dina compare Ponza's eyes to in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) A wild beast.
(b) A farmer.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A gentleman.

5. Who arrives while Laudisi is alone in the house in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Signora Frola.
(b) Signora Cini.
(c) Signora Ponza.
(d) Agazzi.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whose house does Agazzi send the women to visit in Act 2, Scene 2?

2. What does Laudisi say regarding the documents in Act 2, Scene 1?

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

4. Who does the Police Commissioner demand to see at once in Act 3, Scene 1?

5. 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?"

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