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

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

3. Who says, "We come here as to the fountain, two poor women athirst for news?"
(a) Signora Lubini.
(b) Signora Dubelli.
(c) Signora Sirelli.
(d) Signora Ponza.

4. Who does the Butler show in at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Senora Canelli.
(b) Senora Ponza.
(c) Sirelli and his wife.
(d) Cenora Laudisi.

5. Who is Ponza's mother-in-law?
(a) Signora Sirelli.
(b) Signora Frola.
(c) Signora Agazzi.
(d) Signora Cini.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Laudisi related to?

3. What did Ponza say about his mother-in-law, according to Amalia, in Act 1, Scene 2?

4. What does the Ponza family always wear?

5. Where is Ponza's apartment where he lives?

(see the answer key)

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