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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. Where is the village the Ponzas are from?
(a) Roma.
(b) Sicily.
(c) Bologna.
(d) Marsica.

2. 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.

3. What did Ponza say about his mother-in-law, according to Amalia, in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) She was not well.
(b) She was out.
(c) She had left.
(d) She was not coming.

4. Who lives in the same apartment building as Agazzi?
(a) Laudisi.
(b) Signora Frola.
(c) Ponza.
(d) Signora Cini.

5. Who says to Signora Frola, "To tell you the truth, Signora, I did take it rather ill . . . ?"
(a) Agazzi.
(b) Sirelli.
(c) Laudisi.
(d) Ponza.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "The authority of the Prefect will do the trick. When she's alone with him she'll undoubtedly explain how things really are?"

2. Who says that she's herself and that's that?

3. Who has seen Ponza's wife in the village in Act 1, Scene 2?

4. Why does Laudisi suggest the wife doesn't go outdoors in Act 1, Scene 1?

5. To whose house does Agazzi send the women to visit in Act 2, Scene 2?

(see the answer key)

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