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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character is introduced in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) Signora Frola.
(b) Dina.
(c) Signora Ponza.
(d) Signora Nenni.

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

3. How does Ponza act in Act 2, Scene 8?
(a) Enraged.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Amazed.
(d) Joyful.

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

5. Who does Sirilli insist was in a sanitorium?
(a) The sister.
(b) The mother.
(c) Ponza.
(d) The daughter.

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

7. To what does Laudisi speak in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) A lamp.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A rug.
(d) A stop sign.

8. 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.

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

10. What did Ponza do before to the piano, as he says in Act 2, Scene 8?
(a) Sold it.
(b) Burned it.
(c) Played it.
(d) Smashed it.

11. What does Ponza accuse Signora Frola of doing to the others when saying his wife's name?
(a) Crying.
(b) Gesturing.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Winking.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whose house does Agazzi send the women to visit in Act 2, Scene 2?

2. What sound is heard from the music room in Act 2, Scene 6?

3. What does Ponza accuse Signora Frola of doing to him in Act 2, Scene 8?

4. What was destroyed in Ponza's village in the disaster?

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

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