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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 is Ponza's apartment overlooking?
(a) The graveyard.
(b) The church.
(c) The firefield.
(d) The orchard.

2. How does Signora Frola communicate with her daughter?
(a) From the courtyard.
(b) Letters from afar.
(c) By telephone.
(d) From the terrace.

3. What did Ponza stand there waiting for Amalia to do, according to them in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Get tea.
(b) Come in.
(c) Take a drive.
(d) Leave.

4. What does Dina compare to the Ponza's strange behavior?
(a) Asking the neighbors to spy.
(b) Burning dinner.
(c) Putting the cook's shoes on the table.
(d) Uncorking wine after dinner.

5. What was destroyed in Ponza's village in the disaster?
(a) The children.
(b) Ponza's wife.
(c) The forest.
(d) The records.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Dina say she believes is mad in Act 2, Scene 2?

2. What is the literary technique called by which Laudisi speaks aloud in Act 2, Scene 3?

3. What does Amalia say Ponza should be responsible for in Act 1, Scene 1?

4. What does Laudisi say to the others is useless in Act 1, Scene 2?

5. Who does Dina say is arriving at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?

(see the answer key)

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