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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Amelia think that Ponza put his mother-in-law up in town?
(a) To have an affair with her.
(b) To bother them.
(c) To keep her away from his wife.
(d) To flatter her.

2. What does Laudisi tell the women has been found in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) The sun.
(b) The insanity papers.
(c) The death certificate.
(d) The marriage license.

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

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

5. Who says, "The truth, my dear, is that, with a husband who always claims to know everything, I never manage to know anything?"
(a) Signora Bologna.
(b) Signora Sirelli.
(c) Signora Agazzi.
(d) Signora Ponza.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What goes up and down between Signora Frola and her daughter by ropes?

3. What was destroyed in Ponza's village in the disaster?

4. Who laughs at the end of Act 2?

5. Who has seen Ponza's wife in the village in Act 1, Scene 2?

(see the answer key)

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