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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. What does Dina compare Ponza's eyes to in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A wild beast.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A gentleman.

2. What did Amalia say to Ponza at the door in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Nothing.
(b) That she brought bread.
(c) That she came to see his mother-in-law.
(d) Hello.

3. Why does Amelia think that Ponza put his mother-in-law up in town?
(a) To keep her away from his wife.
(b) To have an affair with her.
(c) To bother them.
(d) To flatter her.

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

5. Whose name does Laudisi forget several times in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Signora Cini.
(b) Agazzi.
(c) Signora Ponza.
(d) Signora Agazzi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the village the Ponzas are from?

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

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

4. Who does Signor Sirelli say Ponza keeps under lock and key?

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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