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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ponza accuse Signora Frola of doing to him in Act 2, Scene 8?
(a) Denying him.
(b) Chastising him.
(c) Stealing from him.
(d) Ruining him.

2. What was destroyed in Ponza's village in the disaster?
(a) The children.
(b) The records.
(c) Ponza's wife.
(d) The forest.

3. Who says, "Then--neither of them is mad? But, damn it, one of them must be!"?
(a) Sirelli.
(b) Agazzi.
(c) Ponza.
(d) Laudisi.

4. What two things does Laudisi say that they (the townspeople) are faced with in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Truth and lies.
(b) Fantasy and reality.
(c) Honesty and betrayal.
(d) Lies and madness.

5. What does Ponza claim he was doing in Act 2, Scene 9, regarding his tears?
(a) Pretending.
(b) Berating them.
(c) Crying.
(d) Being honest.

6. Who does Luadisi say to believe in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Both of them.
(b) Agazzi.
(c) Ponza.
(d) Signora Frola.

7. What does Laudisi say regarding the documents in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) They are strange.
(b) They are solid.
(c) They are proof.
(d) They are useless.

8. Who says they didn't sleep a wink last night for curiosity in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Signora Agazzi.
(b) Signora Frola.
(c) Laudisi.
(d) Signora Sirelli.

9. Who says, "The authority of the Prefect will do the trick. When she's alone with him she'll undoubtedly explain how things really are?"
(a) Agazzi.
(b) Laudisi.
(c) Signora Frola.
(d) Sirilli.

10. Who does the Police Commissioner demand to see at once in Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Laudisi.
(b) Agazzi.
(c) Sirilli.
(d) Ponza.

11. Who does Ponza say is hurt by the playing of the tune in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) Him.
(b) Signora Frola.
(c) His wife.
(d) Agazzi.

12. Who does Sirelli say the Prefect believes?`
(a) Sirelli.
(b) Laudisi.
(c) Ponza.
(d) Signora Frola.

13. Who goes to intercept the Prefect in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Agazzi.
(b) Signora Frola.
(c) Laudisi.
(d) Centuri.

14. To whose house does Agazzi send the women to visit in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Sirelli.
(b) Signora Frola.
(c) Laudisi.
(d) Ponza.

15. Where does Agazzi suggest everyone go in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) The bedroom.
(b) The dining room.
(c) The closet.
(d) The music room.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ponza yell at Signora Frola to do in Act 2, Scene 8?

2. Who has the Prefect spoken to?

3. What does Laudisi suggest may be the case with the wife in Act 3, Scene 2?

4. Who goes to fetch the ladies in Act 2, Scene 7?

5. To what does Laudisi speak in Act 2, Scene 3?

(see the answer keys)

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