3. 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 Sirelli.
(b) Signora Frola.
(c) Signora Agazzi.
(d) Signora Laudisi.

4. Who is Agazzi's daughter?
(a) Signora Ponza.
(b) Signora Frola.
(c) Dina.
(d) Amalia.

5. What destroyed the village Ponza comes from?
(a) A volcano.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) A tornado.
(d) A fire.

6. Why does Laudisi suggest the wife doesn't go outdoors in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) She's in love.
(b) She's sick.
(c) She's a hypochondriac.
(d) She hates the town.

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

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

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

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

11. 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.

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

13. What does Sirelli call Ponza in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) A gold-mine.
(b) A monkey.
(c) A boor.
(d) A goat.

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

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