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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who came to the door earlier that day when Amalia rang for Senora Frola?
(a) The sister.
(b) The Butler.
(c) Senora Frola.
(d) Ponza.

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

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

4. What does Dina compare to the Ponza's strange behavior?
(a) Putting the cook's shoes on the table.
(b) Asking the neighbors to spy.
(c) Burning dinner.
(d) Uncorking wine after dinner.

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

6. 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.

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

8. 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) Dina.
(b) Amalia.
(c) Signora Frola.
(d) Signora Ponza.

9. When does Ponza come to visit Signora Frola?
(a) Every evening.
(b) Once a month.
(c) Once every three days.
(d) Once a week.

10. What did Amalia say to Ponza at the door in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Hello.
(b) Nothing.
(c) That she brought bread.
(d) That she came to see his mother-in-law.

11. What does Signora Sirelli say of Ponza's face?
(a) There's something kind in it.
(b) There's something bad in it.
(c) It is twisted.
(d) It is black.

12. Who declares that Signora Frola was nearly crying after she has left in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Dina.
(b) Amalia.
(c) Signora Sirelli.
(d) Signora Cini.

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is above Ponza at his office?

2. Who says, "We are talking now, if I understand the matter, of a mother who sees that her daughter neither can nor should stay tied to her as she was before--because now she has a life of her own?"

3. Who is Agazzi's daughter?

4. What does Dina compare Ponza's eyes to in Act 1, Scene 2?

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

(see the answer keys)

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