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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who says, "The truth, my dear, is that, with a husband who always claims to know everything, I never manage to know anything?"
(a) Signora Ponza.
(b) Signora Sirelli.
(c) Signora Bologna.
(d) Signora Agazzi.

3. What does Signora Frola say that she and her friends arranged?
(a) Her daughter's humiliation.
(b) Her daughter's death.
(c) Her daughter's divorce.
(d) The pretense of a second wedding.

4. How does Signora Frola communicate with her daughter?
(a) Letters from afar.
(b) From the terrace.
(c) From the courtyard.
(d) By telephone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Amalia say her husband claims Ponza is lacking in Act 1, Scene 2?

2. Why does Amelia think that Ponza put his mother-in-law up in town?

3. What does Signora Frola say to Amalia regarding not having paid a visit?

4. What does Signora Sirelli say of Ponza's face?

5. Who is Ponza always seen with?

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