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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who insists everyone be seated before the guests arrive?
(a) Agazzi.
(b) Ponza.
(c) The Butler.
(d) Amalia.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. How long does Signora Frola say her daughter has been married to Ponza?
(a) Two years.
(b) Seven years.
(c) Nine years.
(d) One year.

13. What do they let up and down on ropes at the Ponza's house?
(a) Crates.
(b) Baskets.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Bayonets.

14. What does the Ponza family always wear?
(a) Red.
(b) Juniper berries.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Black.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What goes up and down between Signora Frola and her daughter by ropes?

2. What does Laudisi suggest as a reason the mother-in-law and her daughter live apart?

3. Who is Ponza always seen with?

4. What does Ponza say happened to Signora Frola's daughter?

5. What does Ponza say of his mother-in-law in Act 1, Scene 5?

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