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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 does Laudisi say to the others is useless in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Their ambilalence.
(b) Their curiosity.
(c) Their anger.
(d) Their hostility.

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

3. What does Laudisi suggest may be the case with the wife in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) She's a man.
(b) She's a liar.
(c) She's left town.
(d) She doesn't exist.

4. Who says, "The truth, my dear, is that, with a husband who always claims to know everything, I never manage to know anything?"
(a) Signora Agazzi.
(b) Signora Sirelli.
(c) Signora Bologna.
(d) Signora Ponza.

5. Who is Agazzi speaking to on the phone in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Centuri.
(b) Ponza.
(c) Laudisi.
(d) Pafundi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dina compare Ponza's eyes to in Act 1, Scene 2?

2. Who says they didn't sleep a wink last night for curiosity in Act 2, Scene 2?

3. What did Ponza say about his mother-in-law, according to Amalia, in Act 1, Scene 2?

4. What does Laudisi ask that he go on doing when the townspeople have finished in Act 2, Scene 1?

5. What did Ponza say upon answering the door to Amalia?

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