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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. Who arrives unexpectedly in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Signora Mancini.
(b) Signora Frola.
(c) Signora Ponza.
(d) Signora Zici.

2. Who does Ponza never bring to Signora Frola's apartment?
(a) Her friends.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her daughter.

3. Who says, "I thought she was trying to protect her son-in-law from suspicion. That seemed to be the whole aim of her visit?"
(a) Laudisi.
(b) Sirelli.
(c) Ponza.
(d) Agazzi.

4. Who lives in the same apartment building as Agazzi?
(a) Signora Frola.
(b) Laudisi.
(c) Ponza.
(d) Signora Cini.

5. What did Ponza say upon answering the door to Amalia?
(a) Leave us.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Hello.
(d) I love you.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says that she's herself and that's that?

2. 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?"

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

4. What does Dina compare Ponza's eyes to in Act 1, Scene 2?

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?"

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