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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 in Act 1, Scene 5 after Signora Frola exits?
(a) Laudisi.
(b) Ponza.
(c) Signora Ponza.
(d) Agazzi.

2. How long does Signora Frola say her daughter has been married to Ponza?
(a) Nine years.
(b) Two years.
(c) Seven years.
(d) One year.

3. What happens when the mother-in-law pulls the rope?
(a) Bells ring.
(b) Ponza appears.
(c) The Butler leads her inside.
(d) Sirelli appears.

4. 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?"
(a) Amalia.
(b) Laudisi.
(c) Agazzi.
(d) Dina.

5. Who is Amalia married to?
(a) Sirelli.
(b) Agazzi.
(c) Laudisi.
(d) Ponza.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ponza's apartment overlooking?

2. How does Signora Frola communicate with her daughter?

3. Which character asks Signora Frola if she climbs all the stairs twice a day in Act 1 Scene 4?

4. 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?"

5. Who does Ponza never bring to Signora Frola's apartment?

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