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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. What two things does Laudisi say that they (the townspeople) are faced with in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Honesty and betrayal.
(b) Lies and madness.
(c) Truth and lies.
(d) Fantasy and reality.

2. Who does Ponza never bring to Signora Frola's apartment?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her friends.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her sister.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Agazzi's daughter?

2. What does Laudisi say to do with "what other people see and touch even if it's the opposite of what you see and touch?"

3. How many relatives does Signora Frola say they lost in the disaster?

4. 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?"

5. When does Ponza say he married the second time?

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