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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ponza say about his second wife in Act 2, Scene 8?
(a) She can't play piano.
(b) She can't dance.
(c) She can't sing.
(d) She can't play the harp.

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

3. Who says, "It was a necessary remedy for the harm you had done her, with your compassion. Of course you didn't intend it. You didn't even know?"
(a) Signora Frola.
(b) Dina.
(c) Signora Ponza.
(d) Ponza.

4. What does Dina say that Signora Frola has shown the women in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) Letters from her daughter.
(b) A marriage certificate.
(c) A birth certificate.
(d) Letters from the hospital.

5. Who does Agazzi suggest do the talking to the Prefect in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Ponza.
(b) Amalia.
(c) Laudisi.
(d) Himself.

6. What does Laudisi say that Signora Frola has created for Ponza, or he for her?
(a) A fantasy.
(b) A love.
(c) A house.
(d) A lie.

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

8. What does Laudisi announce that the documents state in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Signora Frola was in a sanitorium.
(b) Signora Frola doesn't exist.
(c) Signora Ponza was in a sanitorium.
(d) Ponza was in a sanitorium.

9. Who goes to fetch the ladies in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) Dina.
(b) Sirelli.
(c) Ponza.
(d) Agazzi.

10. Who is Agazzi speaking to on the phone in Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Pafundi.
(b) Centuri.
(c) Laudisi.
(d) Ponza.

11. What sound is heard from the music room in Act 2, Scene 6?
(a) A harp.
(b) A piano.
(c) A cello.
(d) A flute.

12. Who does the Butler bring in at the beginning of Act 3?
(a) Centuri.
(b) Laudisi.
(c) Signora Frola.
(d) Ponza.

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

14. How long are the women to make their visit for, and no longer in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Thirty minutes.
(b) An hour.
(c) Fifteen minutes.
(d) Two hours.

15. What does Signora Sirelli say she won't do with Laudisi in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Shake hands.
(b) Bow.
(c) Pay a visit.
(d) Go to town.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose version of "the story" is Sirelli inclined towards in Act 2, Scene 1?

2. Who says, "Excuse me for saying so, but if you're all so convinced that Signora Frola is right, what more do you want?"

3. What does Ponza do immediately after Signora Frola has left in Act 2, Scene 9?

4. From what opera is the music playing in the music room?

5. Who does Sirilli insist was in a sanitorium?

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