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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 does Ponza say of his mother-in-law in Act 1, Scene 5?
(a) She is hateful.
(b) She is lovely.
(c) She is mad.
(d) She is evil.

2. What do they let up and down on ropes at the Ponza's house?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Crates.
(c) Baskets.
(d) Bayonets.

3. What does Amalia say her husband claims Ponza is lacking in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Truth.
(b) Honor.
(c) Decency.
(d) Repect.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "As a daughter, I don't claim my mother would climb ninety or a hundred stairs for me, but I wouldn't be satisfied with seeing her, without feeling her near me?"

2. Who says, "Excuse me, Signora, for wondering how it is... with your daughter here... after such a blow... that... it seems to me that survivors would need to stand together . . . ?"

3. Who does Signora Frola say was taken to a sanitarium in Act 1, Scene 6?

4. What is Ponza's apartment overlooking?

5. How many times does Dina say that she and Amalia have attempted to visit Senora Frola?

(see the answer key)

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