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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who has Agazzi run to in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) The Priest.
(b) Signor Sirelli.
(c) The Mayor.
(d) The Governor.

3. What does Signora Sirelli refer to Amalia as in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) The wife of a hero.
(b) The wife of the governor.
(c) The wife of a superior.
(d) The wife of a sailor.

4. Who does Ponza never bring to Signora Frola's apartment?
(a) Her friends.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her sister.

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

6. Who does Signor Sirelli say Ponza keeps under lock and key?
(a) His mother.
(b) Himself.
(c) His wife.
(d) His sister.

7. Who says, "Or do you think the old lady should have asked your permission? Just because your father is above her son-in-law?"
(a) Corelli.
(b) Ponza.
(c) Agazzi.
(d) Laudini.

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

9. What did Ponza say upon answering the door to Amalia?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Hello.
(c) I love you.
(d) Leave us.

10. What does Amalia say her husband claims Ponza is lacking in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Decency.
(b) Repect.
(c) Honor.
(d) Truth.

11. Who appears at the end of Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) The Butler.
(b) Dr. Mancini.
(c) Signor Pafunda.
(d) Signor Capello.

12. What does Dina tell Laudisi to do in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Stay.
(b) Eat dinner.
(c) Leave.
(d) Call Ponza.

13. Who did not receive Amalia and Dina when they paid a visit?
(a) Signora Agazzi.
(b) Signora Cini.
(c) Signora Ponza.
(d) Signora Frola.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What destroyed the village Ponza comes from?

2. How many times does Dina say that she and Amalia have attempted to visit Senora Frola?

3. Who says, "What a pompous attitude! Aren't people allowed to stay home and enjoy a little privacy?"

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?"

5. What does Laudisi say to do with "what other people see and touch even if it's the opposite of what you see and touch?"

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