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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is notable about the courtyard at the building where Ponza lives?
(a) It is vast.
(b) It is dark.
(c) It is beautiful.
(d) It is filled with peaches.

2. What blinds the mother-in-law while she's talking to her daughter?
(a) Her veil.
(b) Her ignorance.
(c) The sunlight.
(d) Her beauty.

3. What happens when the mother-in-law pulls the rope?
(a) Bells ring.
(b) Ponza appears.
(c) Sirelli appears.
(d) The Butler leads her inside.

4. When does Ponza come to visit Signora Frola?
(a) Every evening.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Once a month.
(d) Once every three days.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Signora Frola communicate with her daughter?

2. Who appears at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?

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

4. Who says, "Or do you think the old lady should have asked your permission? Just because your father is above her son-in-law?"

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?"

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