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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 Signora Sirelli say of Ponza's face?
(a) There's something bad in it.
(b) It is twisted.
(c) It is black.
(d) There's something kind in it.

2. What does Sirelli call Ponza in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) A monkey.
(b) A gold-mine.
(c) A goat.
(d) A boor.

3. Who does the Butler show in at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Senora Canelli.
(b) Senora Ponza.
(c) Sirelli and his wife.
(d) Cenora Laudisi.

4. Who has arrived along with the Sirellis in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Signora Cini.
(b) Signora Frola.
(c) Signora Ponza.
(d) Signora Zini.

5. Who says, "Oho, you can be sure he's at the bottom of the whole thing. Maybe he has his mother-in-law under lock and key too?"
(a) Agazzi.
(b) Laudisi.
(c) Ponza.
(d) Sirelli.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the mother-in-law pulls the rope?

2. Who is Ponza's mother-in-law?

3. What is notable about the courtyard at the building where Ponza lives?

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

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

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