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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ponza's mother-in-law?
(a) Signora Sirelli.
(b) Signora Frola.
(c) Signora Cini.
(d) Signora Agazzi.

2. How many children does Signora Frola say that her daughter has?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) None.

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

4. What does Signora Frola say that she and her daughter are with their arrangement?
(a) Satisfied.
(b) Overjoyed.
(c) Angry.
(d) Miserable.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Ponza never bring to Signora Frola's apartment?

2. What does Ponza say of his mother-in-law in Act 1, Scene 5?

3. Which character is NOT present in Act 1, Scene 1?

4. Who came to the door earlier that day when Amalia rang for Senora Frola?

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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