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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Laudisi say to the others is useless in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Their curiosity.
(b) Their ambilalence.
(c) Their anger.
(d) Their hostility.

3. Whose name does Laudisi forget several times in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Signora Agazzi.
(b) Signora Cini.
(c) Agazzi.
(d) Signora Ponza.

4. Where is Ponza's apartment where he lives?
(a) The edge of town.
(b) The next town away.
(c) The center of town.
(d) The castle.

5. How many children does Signora Frola say that her daughter has?
(a) None.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

6. Who says that she's herself and that's that?
(a) Signora Ponza.
(b) Sirella.
(c) Signora Agazzi.
(d) Signora Sirella.

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

8. Where is the village the Ponzas are from?
(a) Bologna.
(b) Roma.
(c) Marsica.
(d) Sicily.

9. 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) Laudisi.
(b) Sirelli.
(c) Agazzi.
(d) Ponza.

10. Who lives in the same apartment building as Agazzi?
(a) Signora Cini.
(b) Signora Frola.
(c) Laudisi.
(d) Ponza.

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

12. Who is Ponza's mother-in-law?
(a) Signora Cini.
(b) Signora Sirelli.
(c) Signora Frola.
(d) Signora Agazzi.

13. What does Signora Frola say that she and her friends arranged?
(a) Her daughter's humiliation.
(b) The pretense of a second wedding.
(c) Her daughter's divorce.
(d) Her daughter's death.

14. Who arrives unexpectedly in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Signora Ponza.
(b) Signora Mancini.
(c) Signora Frola.
(d) Signora Zici.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Signora Sirelli say of Ponza's face?

2. Why does Signora Frola say she and her daughter choose not to see one another in Act 1, Scene 4?

3. What is notable about the courtyard at the building where Ponza lives?

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

5. Who arrives in Act 1, Scene 5 after Signora Frola exits?

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