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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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?"
(a) Believe.
(b) Put down.
(c) Respect.
(d) Disbelieve.

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

4. How many times does Dina say that she and Amalia have attempted to visit Senora Frola?
(a) Twice.
(b) Four times.
(c) Once.
(d) Three times.

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

6. What is notable about the courtyard at the building where Ponza lives?
(a) It is beautiful.
(b) It is vast.
(c) It is dark.
(d) It is filled with peaches.

7. Who says, "We come here as to the fountain, two poor women athirst for news?"
(a) Signora Dubelli.
(b) Signora Sirelli.
(c) Signora Lubini.
(d) Signora Ponza.

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

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

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

11. When does Ponza say he married the second time?
(a) Ten years ago.
(b) Four years ago.
(c) Two years ago.
(d) One year ago.

12. What blinds the mother-in-law while she's talking to her daughter?
(a) Her veil.
(b) The sunlight.
(c) Her ignorance.
(d) Her beauty.

13. Who is above Ponza at his office?
(a) Agazzi.
(b) Sirelli.
(c) Cini.
(d) Laudisi.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Agazzi's position?

2. Who has arrived along with the Sirellis in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. Who is Ponza's mother-in-law?

4. What does Signora Frola say that she and her daughter are with their arrangement?

5. Who is Ponza always seen with?

(see the answer keys)

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