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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. Who is Amalia married to?
(a) Laudisi.
(b) Agazzi.
(c) Sirelli.
(d) Ponza.

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

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

4. Who is Ponza's mother-in-law?
(a) Signora Agazzi.
(b) Signora Sirelli.
(c) Signora Cini.
(d) Signora Frola.

5. Where is Ponza's apartment where he lives?
(a) The next town away.
(b) The edge of town.
(c) The center of town.
(d) The castle.

Short Answer Questions

1. In whose house does Act 1, Scenes 1 and 2 take place?

2. Who did not receive Amalia and Dina when they paid a visit?

3. 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?"

4. Which character is NOT present in Act 1, Scene 1?

5. How does Signora Frola communicate with her daughter?

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