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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 goat.
(b) A gold-mine.
(c) A boor.
(d) A monkey.

2. What does Laudisi suggest as a reason the mother-in-law and her daughter live apart?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Incapatability of character.
(d) Love.

3. What does Signora Frola say to Amalia regarding not having paid a visit?
(a) She laughs at her.
(b) She sneers at her.
(c) She apologizes.
(d) She says she doesn't like her.

4. 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?"
(a) Amalia.
(b) Signora Ponza.
(c) Signora Frola.
(d) Dina.

5. Who calls Ponza's behavior cruelty in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Signora Ponza.
(b) Dina.
(c) Signora Frola.
(d) Agazzi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dina tell Laudisi to do in Act 1, Scene 2?

2. Who declares that Signora Frola was nearly crying after she has left in Act 1, Scene 4?

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

4. What does Signora Frola say that she and her friends arranged?

5. Why does Signora Frola say she and her daughter choose not to see one another in Act 1, Scene 4?

(see the answer key)

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