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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. Where is the village the Ponzas are from?
(a) Bologna.
(b) Roma.
(c) Sicily.
(d) Marsica.

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

3. Who says, "Or do you think the old lady should have asked your permission? Just because your father is above her son-in-law?"
(a) Laudini.
(b) Corelli.
(c) Ponza.
(d) Agazzi.

4. In whose house does Act 1, Scenes 1 and 2 take place?
(a) Agazzi.
(b) Nenni.
(c) Ponza.
(d) Laudisi.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Laudisi say to do with "what other people see and touch even if it's the opposite of what you see and touch?"

2. Who says, "Don't tell them what you see in me, because all four will tell you you are wrong, whereas you are not wrong in the least: I really am as you see me?"

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

4. What destroyed the village Ponza comes from?

5. What does Amalia say Ponza should be responsible for in Act 1, Scene 1?

(see the answer key)

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