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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 Ponza.
(b) Signora Agazzi.
(c) Signora Sirelli.
(d) Signora Bologna.

2. Who says, "What a pompous attitude! Aren't people allowed to stay home and enjoy a little privacy?"
(a) Signora Victrola.
(b) Agazzi.
(c) Signora Agazzi.
(d) Laudini.

3. What does Amalia say her husband claims Ponza is lacking in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Truth.
(b) Decency.
(c) Honor.
(d) Repect.

4. 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?"
(a) Sirelli.
(b) Agazzi.
(c) Ponza.
(d) Laudisi.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is above Ponza at his office?

2. What blinds the mother-in-law while she's talking to her daughter?

3. Who says, "We come here as to the fountain, two poor women athirst for news?"

4. What is Ponza's apartment overlooking?

5. What does Laudisi ask Sirelli to do once he's come to the center of the room to him in Act 1, Scene 2?

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