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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who arrives at the door after Ponza leaves in Act 1, Scene 6?
(a) Signora Misola.
(b) Signora Ponza.
(c) Signora Frola.
(d) Amalia.

2. Who says, "Oho, you can be sure he's at the bottom of the whole thing. Maybe he has his mother-in-law under lock and key too?"
(a) Sirelli.
(b) Laudisi.
(c) Ponza.
(d) Agazzi.

3. Who is Ponza always seen with?
(a) His sister.
(b) His mother-in-law.
(c) His dog.
(d) His wife.

4. 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 Sirelli.
(b) Signora Agazzi.
(c) Signora Bologna.
(d) Signora Ponza.

5. Who says to Signora Frola, "To tell you the truth, Signora, I did take it rather ill . . . ?"
(a) Agazzi.
(b) Laudisi.
(c) Ponza.
(d) Sirelli.

6. How does Signora Frola communicate with her daughter?
(a) From the courtyard.
(b) By telephone.
(c) Letters from afar.
(d) From the terrace.

7. Who does Dina say is arriving at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Her nephew.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Ponza.

8. 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) Laudisi.
(b) Agazzi.
(c) Amalia.
(d) Dina.

9. What did Ponza stand there waiting for Amalia to do, according to them in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Come in.
(b) Take a drive.
(c) Get tea.
(d) Leave.

10. Who does Signora Frola say was taken to a sanitarium in Act 1, Scene 6?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Herself.
(c) Ponza.
(d) Her son.

11. Why does Signora Frola say she and her daughter choose not to see one another in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) For her sanity.
(b) For Ponza's sake.
(c) For each other's sake.
(d) For her health.

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

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

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

15. What does Ponza say happened to Signora Frola's daughter?
(a) She died.
(b) She had a nervous breakdown.
(c) She is at home.
(d) She left him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Signora Frola say to Amalia regarding not having paid a visit?

2. What does Laudisi ask Sirelli to do once he's come to the center of the room to him in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. Who says that she's herself and that's that?

4. What happens when the mother-in-law pulls the rope?

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

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