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

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

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

4. What does Laudisi say to the others is useless in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Their curiosity.
(b) Their hostility.
(c) Their ambilalence.
(d) Their anger.

5. What does Laudisi suggest as a reason the mother-in-law and her daughter live apart?
(a) Love.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Incapatability of character.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Ponza come to visit Signora Frola?

2. Who does Ponza never bring to Signora Frola's apartment?

3. What is Ponza's apartment overlooking?

4. What do they let up and down on ropes at the Ponza's house?

5. What did Amalia say to Ponza at the door in Act 1, Scene 2?

(see the answer key)

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