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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 the others when saying his wife's name?
(a) Winking.
(b) Crying.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Gesturing.

2. Who has the Prefect spoken to?
(a) Laudisi.
(b) Ponza.
(c) Signora Sirelli.
(d) Signora Frola.

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

4. Who does Laudisi say the Prefect must speak to in order for the truth to be told?
(a) Himself.
(b) The mother.
(c) Ponza.
(d) The wife.

5. Who does the document say specifically was in a sanitorium?
(a) The mother.
(b) The daughter.
(c) The gentleman.
(d) The lady.

6. What is the literary technique called by which Laudisi speaks aloud in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Soliloquy.
(b) Muttering.
(c) Dialogue.
(d) Aside.

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

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

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

10. 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) Sirilli.
(b) Agazzi.
(c) Laudisi.
(d) Signora Frola.

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

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

13. What does Laudisi tell the women has been found in Act 2, Scene 4?
(a) The death certificate.
(b) The sun.
(c) The insanity papers.
(d) The marriage license.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who arrives while Laudisi is alone in the house in Act 2, Scene 3?

2. Who does Amalia say is most certainly the mad one in Act 2, Scene 6?

3. Who does the Police Commissioner demand to see at once in Act 3, Scene 1?

4. Who does the Police Commissioner say is with the Prefect in Act 3, Scene 3?

5. What does Ponza claim he was doing in Act 2, Scene 9, regarding his tears?

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