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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who does Agazzi bring into the parlor in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) Dina.
(b) Ponza.
(c) Amalia.
(d) Laudisi.

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

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

5. What does Laudisi suggest may be the case with the wife in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) She's a liar.
(b) She doesn't exist.
(c) She's left town.
(d) She's a man.

6. Why do the townspeople suggest Laudisi is telling them contradictory stories?
(a) To present all possibilities.
(b) To tell the truth.
(c) To lie.
(d) To make fun of them.

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

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

10. Who arrives while Laudisi is alone in the house in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Signora Cini.
(b) Signora Ponza.
(c) Agazzi.
(d) Signora Frola.

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

12. Who does Amalia say is most certainly the mad one in Act 2, Scene 6?
(a) Signora Frola.
(b) Agazzi.
(c) Ponza.
(d) Laudisi.

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

14. Why does Dina invite Laudisi into the music room in Act 2, Scene 6?
(a) To hear Ponza.
(b) To spy on her father.
(c) To hear Signora Frola.
(d) To have crumpets.

15. What does Laudisi say the townspeople are when talking to himself in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Madmen.
(b) Wolves.
(c) Pirhanas.
(d) Jackals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Laudisi says that all he knows is what?

2. What does Ponza say the townspeople are doing to Signora Frola?

3. Who says, "There may be no precise facts, the proofs may be missing, but the truth--the truth must be on one side or the other?"

4. Who does Dina say must be playing music in the music room in Act 2, Scene 6?

5. Who used to play the tune that's being played in the music room?

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