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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many relatives does Signora Frola say they lost in the disaster?
(a) Two of them.
(b) All of them.
(c) Several.
(d) One of them.

2. Who has arrived along with the Sirellis in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Signora Cini.
(b) Signora Zini.
(c) Signora Frola.
(d) Signora Ponza.

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who says, "Excuse me, Signora, for wondering how it is... with your daughter here... after such a blow... that... it seems to me that survivors would need to stand together . . . ?"
(a) Signora Frola.
(b) Signora Sirelli.
(c) Signora Agazzi.
(d) Signora Laudisi.

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

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

11. What does Dina compare Ponza's eyes to in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) A gentleman.
(b) A wild beast.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A farmer.

12. Who has seen Ponza's wife in the village in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) Agazzi.
(b) No one.
(c) Sirelli.
(d) Laudisi.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ponza say upon answering the door to Amalia?

2. Who has Agazzi run to in Act 1, Scene 1?

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

4. What does Dina compare to the Ponza's strange behavior?

5. Who says, "The truth, my dear, is that, with a husband who always claims to know everything, I never manage to know anything?"

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